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SCRATCHY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does scratchy mean?

• SCRATCHY (adjective)
The adjective SCRATCHY has 4 senses:

1. causing abrasion
2. easily irritated or annoyed
3. lacking consistency
4. unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

Familiarity information: SCRATCHY used as an adjective is uncommon.

Dictionary entry details

• SCRATCHY (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Causing abrasion

Synonyms:

abrasive; scratchy

Similar:

rough; unsmooth (having or caused by an irregular surface)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Easily irritated or annoyed

Synonyms:

tetchy; testy; techy; petulant; pettish; peevish; irritable; peckish; nettlesome; scratchy; fractious; cranky

Context examples:

an incorrigibly fractious young man / not the least nettlesome of his countrymen

Similar:

ill-natured (having an irritable and unpleasant disposition)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

Lacking consistency

Synonyms:

spotty; uneven; scratchy

Context example:

the golfer hit the ball well but his putting was spotty

Similar:

inconsistent (displaying a lack of consistency)

Sense 4

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Meaning:

Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

Synonyms:

grating; gravel; rasping; raspy; gravelly; scratchy; rough

Context example:

a gravelly voice

Similar:

cacophonic; cacophonous (having an unpleasant sound)

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