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scratchy

adjective

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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 of scratchy

brambly, prickly, thistly, thorny

Words Related to scratchy

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 of scratchy

irritating, itchy, prickly

Words Related to scratchy

coarse, harsh, rough

Near Antonyms of scratchy

silken, silky, soft, soothing

3 harsh and dry in sound

her voice was scratchy from a cold

Synonyms of scratchy

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

Words Related to scratchy

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 of scratchy

gentle, gliding, golden, liquid, mellifluent, mellifluous, mellow, soothing, sweet, tender

satiny, silken, smooth, soft, velvety

euphonious, lyric, lyrical, melodic, melodious, musical

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