Synonyms and Antonyms of rasp
1
to make smooth by friction
- after sawing the board in half, rasp the ends to remove any splinters
plane, scrape
sandblast, scour
burnish, dress, gloss, polish, shine, smooth
edge, hone, sharpen, strop, whet
regrind
2
to pass roughly and noisily over or against a surface
- the sound of fingernails rasping on the blackboard makes me cringe
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
aggravate, annoy, bother, bug, burn (up), chafe, eat, exasperate, frost, gall, get, grate, gripe, hack (off), irk, irritate, itch, nark [British], nettle, peeve, persecute, pique, put out, rile, ruffle, spite, vex
hassle, heckle
nag
inflame (also enflame), provoke, rouse
badger, bait, bullyrag (also ballyrag), devil, hagride, harass, harry, pester, plague, tease
anger, antagonize, enrage, incense, infuriate, madden, rankle, roil
agitate, discomfort, discompose, disquiet, distress, exercise, freak (out), fret, perturb, undo, unhinge, unsettle, upset, worry
affront, insult, miff, offend, outrage
appease, conciliate, mollify, oblige, pacify, placate, propitiate
delight, gladden, gratify, please, satisfy
assure, cheer, comfort, console, content, quiet, reassure, solace, soothe
4
to damage or diminish by continued friction
- during the last ice age, glaciers rasped the surface, leaving the deeply scarred rock
file, gnaw, grate, graze, grind, nibble, sandblast, sandpaper, scour, scrape, scuff, shave
erase,
