sandpapery

adj

1. Resembling sandpaper.

   “TV talk-show host Les Crane annoyed plenty of people in the mid-'60s with his sandpapery communication style.”

   “A bruiser with a sandpapery voice, he was a reliable teller of corner-boy tales and, it seemed, a willing cog.”

   “This name sounds pretty cool though. You like the way it rolls off your sandpapery tongue.”