abraded

verb

past tense of abrade
1
as in eroded
to damage or diminish by continued friction ropes abraded by the rocks were a huge danger to the climbers

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2
as in irritated
to make sore by continued rubbing my new running shoes abraded my heels until they blistered

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3
as in scratched
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

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abraded
  1. eroded
  2. irritated
  3. scratched
  4. frayed
  5. scraped
  6. wore
  7. rubbed
Verb
  • Young people say the scandals have jeopardized their futures and eroded trust in the education system.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
  • The failure of Amazon aggregators like Thrasio, which applied B2B consolidation strategies, highlights this distinction; their attempts to create synergies often eroded brand distinctiveness.
    — Gustaf Lundberg Toresson, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of eroded
Verb
  • But the idea has irritated California’s billionaire class, and some have left the state in protest or threatened to do so.
    — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 29 June 2026
  • Hasslers, the researchers found, tended to be people who irritated the study respondents but whom the respondents could not escape.
    — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026
Definition of irritated
Verb
  • The release encourages people not to use any card reader that looks loose, crooked, damaged or scratched, and to use tap-to-pay or chip technology whenever possible.
    — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 27 July 2026
  • But The Dink has a 74% on RT (compared to 26% for The Hawk) and might scratch that sports-movie itch if it hasn’t already been scratched.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of scratched
Verb
  • Natalia drew the stalk with a slender white base and the tubular green leaves that frayed on top.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, the goals of the war have frayed and multiplied, with the United States now putting out fires of its own making.
    — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026
Definition of frayed
Verb
  • And, in turn, the Warriors literally added no one, save for two draft picks, to a depressing roster that scraped together 37 measly wins last year.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 24 July 2026
  • All of this makes the album feel more like a mixtape in progress, scraped together from features cut from other people’s projects.
    — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 23 July 2026
Definition of scraped
Verb
  • For the outing, Cox wore a black swimsuit paired with a gray cover-up, black sunglasses and a black hat.
    — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
  • During one scene, Einbinder — dressed in a replica of a black dress Gyllenhaal wore in the original film — acted out an explicit orgasm as described in the script, breaking character in the middle of the scene to double over laughing.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 29 July 2026
Definition of wore
Verb
  • Diners here can feast upon things like duck-fat frites for brunch and espresso-rubbed steaks for dinner.
    — Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 23 July 2026
  • During this comedy sketch, Jason Alexander repeatedly rubbed his phone across my breasts while saying there was ‘no signal’ in my head but ‘plenty of signal’ in my chest.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 22 July 2026
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