1. the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions; [syn: harshness, abrasiveness, scratchiness]
2. the quality of being sharply disagreeable;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
abrasiveness
n 1: the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions [syn:
harshness, abrasiveness, scratchiness]
2: the quality of being sharply disagreeable