sandpapery
The word “sandpapery” has 4 syllables: sand-pa-per-y
It's pronounced as /ˈsændˌpeɪ.pər.i/
What is synonym and antonym for sandpapery?
In the thesaurus, “sandpapery” has 35 synonyms and 17 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for sandpapery along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for sandpapery
- broken
- bumpy
- burred
- coarse
- harsh
- inexact
- irregular
- jagged
- knobbly
- knobby
- knurled
- knurly
- lopsided
- lumpy
- nonuniform
- nubbly
- nubby
- pebbly
- pitted
- pocked
- ragged
- rough
- roughened
- rugged
- rutted
- rutty
- scraggly
- scraggy
- scratchy
- unaligned
- unbalanced
- undulating
- undulatory
- uneven
- wavy
Antonyms for sandpapery
- aligned
- alined
- even
- exact
- flat
- flush
- horizontal
- level
- plane
- plumb
- regular
- smooth
- straight
- tabular
- true
- uniform
- vertical
Example Sentences
- The texture of the freshly painted wall felt sandpapery under his fingertips.
- Her hands were rough and sandpapery from hours of woodworking.
- The leaves of the plant had a sandpapery texture, making them less appealing to touch.
- The cat's tongue felt sandpapery as it licked its fur clean.
- After walking barefoot on the sandpapery surface of the beach, his feet felt exfoliated and smooth.
On this page you'll find 52 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to sandpapery, such as: aligned, alined, broken, bumpy, burred, coarse, even.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
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- ill-bred
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- low
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- pebbly
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- pitted
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- profane
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- racy
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- repellant
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- reprehensible
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- ribald
- rocky
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- roughneck
- rubbishy
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- rustic
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- rutted
- rutty
- salacious
- salty
- sandpapery
- sandy
- sassily
- scatological
- schlock
- schlocky
- scraggly
- scraggy
- scraping
- scratching
- scratchy
- screeching
- scurrilous
- second-class
- second-rate
- seedy
- shabby
- sham
- sharply
- shlock
- shlocky
- shoddy
- showy
- sleazy
- smutty
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- soft
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- splashy
- squawking
- stag
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- supercheap
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- ultracheap
- unabashedly
- unacceptable
- unaligned
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- uncivilized
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- uncouth
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- uncultivated
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- undulating
- undulatory
- uneven
- unfiltered
- ungentlemanly
- ungraciously
- unmannered
- unmannerly
- unmelodious
- unmusical
- unpleasant
- unpolished
- unprintable
- unrefined
- unsophisticated
- unwanted
- unwelcome
- useless
- valueless
- vulgar
- vulgarly
- wanton
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- wretched
jagged
- asperous
- barbed
- broken
- bumpy
- burred
- cleft
- coarse
- craggy
- denticulate
- harsh
- indented
- inexact
- irregular
- knobbly
- knobby
- knurled
- knurly
- lopsided
- lumpy
- nonuniform
- nubbly
- nubby
- pebbly
- pitted
- pocked
- pointed
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- rough
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- rugged
- rutted
- rutty
- sandpapery
- saw-toothed
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ragged
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- chid
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- craggy
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- desultory
- dilapidated
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- dowdy
- down-at-heel
- down-at-heels
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- dressed down
- excoriated
- faded
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- flayed
- fragmented
- frayed
- frazzled
- full of holes
- grungy
- hammered
- harangued
- harsh
- holey
- in holes
- in rags
- in tatters
- inexact
- irregular
- jagged
- jawed
- keelhauled
- knobbly
- knobby
- knocked
- knurled
- knurly
- lacerate
- lacerated
- laid into
- lambasted
- lashed
- lectured
- lopsided
- lumpy
- mangy
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- nonuniform
- notched
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- nubby
- out at elbows
- out at the elbows
- panned
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- patchy
- pebbly
- pitted
- pocked
- poor
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- put down
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- rent
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- rough
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- rutted
- rutty
- sandpapery
- saw-toothed
- scoffed
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- scraggly
- scraggy
- scratchy
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- scruffy
- scuzzy
- seedy
- serrate
- serrated
- shabby
- shaggy
- shoddy
- shredded
- slammed
- tacky
- tatterdemalion
- tattered
- tatty
- threadbare
- tongue-lashed
- took to task
- torn
- unaligned
- unbalanced
- undulating
- undulatory
- uneven
- unfinished
- unkempt
- unpressed
- upbraided
- vituperated
- wavy
- worn-out
- worse for wear
unaligned
- aberrant
- aloof
- amorphous
- asymmetrical
- bent
- broken
- bumpy
- burred
- bystanding
- calm
- clinical
- coarse
- cockeyed
- collected
- cool
- craggy
- crooked
- detached
- devious
- disengaged
- disinterested
- dispassionate
- disproportionate
- easy
- eccentric
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- elliptical
- evenhanded
- fair-minded
- harsh
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- impartial
- impersonal
- inactive
- indifferent
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- inexact
- irregular
- jagged
- knobbly
- knobby
- knurled
- knurly
- lopsided
- lumpy
- meandering
- middle-of-road
- neuter
- nonaligned
- nonbelligerent
- nonchalant
- noncombatant
- nonparticipating
- nonpartisan
- nonuniform
- not uniform
- notched
- nubbly
- nubby
- off-balance
- off-center
- on sidelines
- on the fence
- out of proportion
- pacifistic
- pebbly
- pitted
- pocked
- poker-faced
- protuberant
- ragged
- relaxed
- rough
- roughened
- rugged
- rutted
- rutty
- sandpapery
- scarred
- scraggly
- scraggy
- scratchy
- serrate
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- unbalanced
- unbiased
- uncommitted
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- undulating
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- unequal
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- uninvolved
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- unsymmetrical
- variable
- wavy
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- zigzagged