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rubnoun something that is a source of irritationeven what seems to be a dream job usually turns out to have its fair share of rubs aggravation, aggro(British), annoyance, bother, botheration, bugbear, exasperation, frustration, hair shirt, hassle, headache, inconvenience, irk, irritant, nuisance, peeve, pest, ruffle, thorn, trial, vexation discomfort, fleabite, pinprickaffront, insult, offense(or offence)upset, worryaffliction, albatross, burden, cross, curse, menace, millstone, plague, soreanxiety, plight, predicament, tribulation, troublehang-up, pet peeve, problemannoyer, disturber, harasser, mischief, offenderpandora's box delight, joy, pleasure to damage or diminish by continued frictionthe brake pads were rubbed away as a result of years of use abrade, chafe, corrade, erode, fray, frazzle, fret, gall, rasp, wear file, gnaw, grate, graze, grind, nibble, sandblast, sandpaper, scour, scrape, scuff, shaveerase, reduce, rub out, wear out, wipe (away)bite, break down, break up, chew, corrode, decompose, disintegrate, dissolve, eathone, sharpen, whet to make smooth by frictionthe furniture restorer rubbed the board perfectly smooth with sandpaper buff, file, grind, hone, rasp, sand plane, scrapesandblast, scourburnish, dress, gloss, polish, shine, smoothedge, sharpen, strop, whetregrind coarsen, rough (up), roughen, scuff to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressurethe butler rubbed the silver tea set until it gleamed buff, burnish, dress, furbish, gloss, grind, polish, shine, smooth, smoothen sleek, slickcoat, glaze, japan, lacquer, varnishface, finish, veneerbrightenfile, rasp, sand, sandblast, sandpaper, scour, scrape, scrubbob, bone, lap rough (up), roughen, ruffle, scuff (up) in the 14th century |