| offensive | |
| polishing(adjective, wearing, scraping) | |
| scratching(adjective, grating, wearing, scraping) | |
| cute | |
| biting(adjective, manner) | |
| coarse(adjective, rough, uneven, grainy, bristly) | |
| gravelly(adjective, rough, coarse, grainy) | |
| smoothing(adjective, wearing, scraping) | |
| unpleasant(adjective, manner) | |
| abrader | |
| acrimonious | |
| attritive | |
| bitter | |
| corundum | |
| destructive(adjective, disparaging, hurtful) | |
| emery | |
| emery paper(expression, idiom) | |
| grainy(adjective, rough, coarse, uneven, bristly) | |
| granular(adjective, rough, coarse, uneven, grainy) | |
| hard to take(expression, adjective, idiom, manner, spiky) |
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