Abrasive
Abrasive adjective - Causing annoyance.
Usage example: an abrasive display of rude behavior
Rebarbative and abrasive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rebarbative" instead an adjective "Abrasive".
Rebarbative
Rebarbative adjective - Causing annoyance.
Usage example: there are aspects of that writer's personality that any reasonable person would regard as rebarbative, but we're just reading his novels—not marrying him
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Synonyms for Rebarbative
Abrasive and rebarbative are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Abrasive" instead an adjective "Rebarbative".
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Related pairs
- disturbing and abrasive
- disturbing and rebarbative
- annoying and abrasive
- annoying and rebarbative
- unpleasant and abrasive
- unpleasant and rebarbative
- grating and abrasive
- grating and rebarbative
- jarring and abrasive
- jarring and rebarbative
- offensive and abrasive
- offensive and rebarbative
- hateful and abrasive
- hateful and rebarbative
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