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scratchy
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective scratchy has 4 senses
- scratchy(s = adj.all) abrasive - causing abrasion; Array Derived forms noun scratch1, noun scratchiness1
- scratchy(s = adj.all) cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, techy, testy, tetchy - easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
- scratchy(s = adj.all) spotty, uneven - lacking consistency; "the golfer hit the ball well but his putting was spotty"
- scratchy(s = adj.all) grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough - unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice" Derived form noun scratch7
OXFORD DICTIONARY
scratchy, adj. (scratchier, scratchiest)
1 tending to make scratches or a scratching noise.
2 (esp. of a garment) tending to cause itchiness.
3 (of a drawing etc.) done in scratches or carelessly.
1 tending to make scratches or a scratching noise.
2 (esp. of a garment) tending to cause itchiness.
3 (of a drawing etc.) done in scratches or carelessly.
Derivative
scratchily adv. scratchiness n.
THESAURUS
scratchy
chafing, dry, fretting, galling, grating, grinding, hoarse, irritant, irritating, irritative, itchy, jangling, jangly, jarring, prickly, rasping, raspy, raw, rough, scrabbled, scraping, scrapy, scratched, scratching, scrawled, scrawly, scribbled, scribbly, sore, stinging
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