| adjective | causing abrasion |
| adjective | easily irritated or annoyed “an incorrigibly fractious young man” |
| adjective | lacking consistency “the golfer hit the ball well but his putting was spotty” |
| adjective | unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound “a gravelly voice” |
| abrasive | noun | a substance that abrades or wears down |
| abrade | verb | rub hard or scrub |
| abrasiveness | noun | the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions |
| scratchiness | noun | the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions |
| scratch | noun | an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off |
| crank | noun | a bad-tempered person |
| crankiness | noun | a fussy and eccentric disposition |
| fractiousness | noun | the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline |
| irritability | noun | an irritable petulant feeling |
| peevishness | noun | an irritable petulant feeling |
| pettishness | noun | a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger |
| petulance | noun | an irritable petulant feeling |
| testiness | noun | feeling easily irritated |
| tetchiness | noun | feeling easily irritated |
| unevenness | noun | the quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity |
| rasp | noun | uttering in an irritated tone |
| roughness | noun | the quality of being unpleasant (harsh or rough or grating) to the senses |