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abraded

verb , past tense of abrade

Synonyms and Antonyms of abraded

1 to damage or diminish by continued friction

ropes abraded by the rocks were a huge danger to the climbers

Synonyms of abraded

chafed, corraded, eroded, frayed, frazzled, fretted, galled, rasped, rubbed, wore

Words Related to abraded

filed, gnawed, grated, grazed, ground, nibbled, sandblasted, sandpapered, scoured, scraped, scuffed, shaved

erased, reduced, rubbed out, wiped (away), wore out

ate, bit, broke down, broke up, chewed, corroded, decomposed, disintegrated, dissolved

honed, sharpened, whetted

2 to make sore by continued rubbing

my new running shoes abraded my heels until they blistered

Synonyms of abraded

chafed, excoriated, fretted, galled, irritated

Words Related to abraded

grazed, scraped, scratched

burned (or burnt), inflamed (also enflamed)

flayed, peeled, skinned

3 to damage by rubbing against a sharp or rough surface

the yacht's once-flawless wooden hull had been badly abraded by years of rough dockings

Synonyms of abraded

grazed, scraped, scratched, scuffed

Words Related to abraded

barked, skinned

chafed, fretted, galled

clawed, cut, lacerated

bruised, contused

Near Antonyms of abraded

polished, smoothed, softened, waxed

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