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as in hoarse
harsh and dry in sound
her voice was scratchy from a cold
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Recent Examples of scratchy
There’s lots of Alcantara and lovely leather throughout, but scratchy plastics could be felt low on the doors and under the dash.
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Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
There were only a few students and their sound was still a bit squeaky and scratchy.
—Mará Rose Williams
july 6, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2025
That curl makes the nib of a fountain pen dry and scratchy.
—Benjamin Hale
june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
Feeling like your eyes are burning or scratchy in the first few hours after surgery is normal.
—Vanessa Caceres, Verywell Health, 11 June 2025
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Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
There were only a few students and their sound was still a bit squeaky and scratchy.
—Mará Rose Williams
july 6, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2025
That curl makes the nib of a fountain pen dry and scratchy.
—Benjamin Hale
june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
Feeling like your eyes are burning or scratchy in the first few hours after surgery is normal.
—Vanessa Caceres, Verywell Health, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scratchy
Adjective
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Along the rugged coast, fishing villages huddle between jagged cliffs—their red cabins glowing against brooding skies.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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The grind is different from the results of a blade grinder, which chops and pulverizes but leaves grinds uneven and jagged.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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The woman’s walk was rushed and uptight, making that sound even more irritating.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
6 Aug. 2025
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The call was impersonal, irritating, and to Borchardt, quite lazy.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
3 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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For most of his first 10 songs, Costello’s singing was ragged and hoarse.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 June 2025
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Screamed himself hoarse and still tried calling for his brother.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 June 2025
Adjective
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Even if, again, the episode skips over the thorny question of how exactly this group of schmoes managed to cage a pure killing machine.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
5 Aug. 2025
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Such partnerships raise a host of thorny questions, says Michalak, who has worked with private companies, nonprofit groups, universities and the federal government on greenhouse gas monitoring satellite projects.—
Rebecca Hersher,
NPR,
4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Faced with this existential crisis, Bull gathers his best pals—Rocco, a gruff boxer (Idris Elba); Lucky, a dopey but loyal beagle (Bobby Moynihan); and Fetch, a wannabe influencer dachshund (Fred Armisen)—for one final night of canine mischief.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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The strength and conditioning coach barked out stretches in a gruff voice, starting off the first practice of fall football camp on a note of discipline.—
Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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Year: 2014 Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu Runtime: 2h Stone received her first Oscar nomination for this Best Picture winner, playing Michael Keaton’s prickly daughter Sam, who’s a recovering addict and a hell of a flirt.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
23 July 2025
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Head coach Sean Payton was predictably prickly about any notion of contract discussions.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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The exception may be the size of the potato gnocchi, husky rectangles of creamy potato dumplings in a lemon butter sauce, circling jumbo lump crab morsels dappled with chives.—
Beth D'Addono,
Southern Living,
4 Aug. 2025
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Hank’s son Bobby is no longer a husky middle-schooler, but a 21-year-old running his own Japanese-German fusion restaurant in Dallas, for instance.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
30 July 2025
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“Scratchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scratchy. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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