Adjective: scratchy (scratchier,scratchiest) skra-chee
- Causing abrasion
"Her scratchy wool sweater irritated her skin";
- abrasive
- Lacking consistency
"the golfer hit the ball well but his putting was scratchy";
- spotty, uneven
- Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
"a scratchy voice";
- grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough
- Easily irritated or annoyed
"an incorrigibly scratchy young man";
- cranky [informal], fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish [N. Amer, informal], pettish, petulant, testy, tetchy, techy, pouty, narky [Brit, slang]
Derived forms: scratchiest, scratchier
See also: cacophonic, cacophonous, ill-natured, inconsistent, rough, unsmooth
Encyclopedia: Scratchy