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scratchy

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 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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