ABRASIVENESS

abrasiveness

(noun) the quality of being sharply disagreeable

harshness, abrasiveness, scratchiness

(noun) the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

abrasiveness (countable and uncountable, plural abrasivenesses)

The property, quality or instance of being abrasive.

Source: Wiktionary



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