0 a rude and unfriendly way of talking or behaving:
She is disliked by many of her staff because of her abrasiveness.
His abrasiveness intimidates many people.
She never displayed the big ego or abrasiveness that others have shown.
Some people are put off by his abrasiveness.
The glassy, jagged edges of the grains give the dust its abrasiveness.
The lesions dried up and the abrasiveness of the compound cleared her skin.
If abrasiveness, arrogance and unwavering conceit were substitutes for policies, our merchant fleet would be doing very well under his guidance.
They tend to he those of aggression and abrasiveness and an adversarial style of argument.
