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Scratchy   /skrˈætʃi/   Listen
Scratchy

adjective
1.
Causing abrasion.  Synonym: abrasive.
2.
Easily irritated or annoyed.  Synonyms: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, techy, testy, tetchy.  "Not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
3.
Lacking consistency.  Synonyms: spotty, uneven.
4.
Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound.  Synonyms: grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough.






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"Scratchy" Quotes from Famous Books



... Maria because I was afraid it would gnaw a hole in my garment. There is something real disagreeable about having a mouse inside the leg of one's pantaloons, especially if there is nothing between you and the mouse. Its toes are cold, and its nails are scratchy, and its fur tickles, and its tail feels crawly, and there is nothing pleasant about it, and you are all the time afraid it will try to gnaw out, and begin on you instead of on the cloth. That mouse was next to me. I could feel its every motion with startling ...
— The Universal Reciter - 81 Choice Pieces of Rare Poetical Gems • Various

... as if inclined to refuse, but Kitty was firm; and, with a sigh, mamma rustled into a stiff, scratchy, French print, took her hair out of the comfortable net, and braided it carefully up; then, instead of reading in her arm-chair, she was led to the parlor and set to learning ...
— Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag • Louisa M. Alcott



Words linked to "Scratchy" :   scratch, scratchiness, ill-natured, inconsistent, unsmooth, cacophonic, cacophonous



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