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harsh and dry in sound
- a patient beset by a rasping cough from years of smoking
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rasping
verb
present participle of rasp
Synonyms & Antonyms of rasping (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to make smooth by friction
- after sawing the board in half, rasp the ends to remove any splinters
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3
to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts
- the two siblings seemed intent on rasping each other for the entire car trip
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- aggravating,
- annoying,
- bothering,
- bugging,
- burning (up),
- chafing,
- eating,
- exasperating,
- frosting,
- galling,
- getting,
- grating,
- griping,
- hacking (off),
- irking,
- irritating,
- itching,
- narking
- [British],
- nettling,
- peeving,
- persecuting,
- piquing,
- putting out,
- riling,
- ruffling,
- spiting,
- vexing
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- badgering,
- baiting,
- bullyragging
- (also ballyragging),
- deviling
- (or devilling),
- hagriding,
- harassing,
- harrying,
- pestering,
- plaguing,
- teasing
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4
to damage or diminish by continued friction
- during the last ice age, glaciers rasped the surface, leaving the deeply scarred rock
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