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rubsnounpl. of rub something that is a source of irritationeven what seems to be a dream job usually turns out to have its fair share of rubs aggravations, aggros(British), annoyances, botherations, bothers, bugbears, exasperations, frustrations, hair shirts, hassles, headaches, inconveniences, irks, irritants, nuisances, peeves, pests, ruffles, thorns, trials, vexations discomforts, fleabites, pinpricksaffronts, insults, offenses(or offences)upsets, worriesafflictions, albatross(or albatrosses), burdens, crosses, curses, menaces, millstones, plagues, soresanxieties, plights, predicaments, tribulations, troubleshang-ups, pet peeves, problemsannoyers, disturbers, harassers, mischiefs, offenderspandora's boxes delights, joys, pleasures to damage or diminish by continued frictionthe brake pads were rubbed away as a result of years of use abrades, chafes, corrades, erodes, frays, frazzles, frets, galls, rasps, wears files, gnaws, grates, grazes, grinds, nibbles, sandblasts, sandpapers, scours, scrapes, scuffs, shaveserases, reduces, rubs out, wears out, wipes (away)bites, breaks down, breaks up, chews, corrodes, decomposes, disintegrates, dissolves, eatshones, sharpens, whets to make smooth by frictionthe furniture restorer rubbed the board perfectly smooth with sandpaper buffs, files, grinds, hones, rasps, sands planes, scrapessandblasts, scoursburnishes, dresses, glosses, polishes, shines, smooths(also smoothes)edges, hones, sharpens, strops, whetsregrinds coarsens, roughens, roughs (up), scuffs to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressurethe butler rubbed the silver tea set until it gleamed buffs, burnishes, dresses, furbishes, glosses, grinds, polishes, shines, smoothens, smooths(also smoothes) sleeks, slickscoats, glazes, japans, lacquers, varnishesfaces, finishes, veneersbrightensfiles, rasps, sandblasts, sandpapers, sands, scours, scrapes, scrubsbobs, bones, laps roughens, roughs (up), ruffles, scuffs (up) |