scratchy

scratchy

adjective

Definition of SCRATCHY

1

having leaves or branches which are likely to cause a scratch <scratchy shrubbery that's intended to keep kids and pets off the old man's property>

Synonyms brambly, prickly, thistly, thorny

Related Words burred; bristly, coarse, jagged, rough

2

causing an unpleasant tingling sensation <the wool pants are so scratchy that I can't stand to wear them>

Synonyms irritating, itchy, prickly

Related Words coarse, harsh, rough

Near Antonyms silken, silky, soft, soothing

3

harsh and dry in sound <her voice was scratchy from a cold>

Synonyms coarse, croaking, croaky, grating, gravel, gravelly, gruff, husky, rasping, raspy, rusty, scratchy, throaty

Related Words growling, growly, guttural; abrasive, cacophonous, discordant, grinding, jarring, rough, scraping, scratching; cawing, raucous, screeching, squawking, strident; choked, cracked, strained, strangled; dissonant, inharmonious, unmelodious, unmusical

Near Antonyms gentle, gliding, golden, liquid, mellifluent, mellifluous, mellow, soothing, sweet, tender; satiny, silken, smooth, soft, velvety; euphonious, lyric, lyrical, melodic, melodious, musical