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[ skrach-ee ] / ˈskrætʃ i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR scratchy ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, scratch·i·er, scratch·i·est.causing or liable to cause a slight grating noise: a scratchy record. consisting of or marked by scratches: a scratchy drawing. uneven; haphazard: He plays a scratchy game. causing itching or other minor irritation of the skin: a scratchy woolen sweater. causing or liable to cause a scratch or scratches: scratchy bushes. Chiefly British Slang. peevish; spiteful. Origin of scratchyFirst recorded in 1700–10; scratch + -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM scratchyscratch·i·ly, adverbscratch·i·ness, nounWords nearby scratchyscratch test, scratch the surface, scratch together, scratch video, scratch wig, scratchy, scraw, scrawl, scrawler, scrawly, scrawny Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for scratchyCochran had come down with some nasty throat bug and his voice was low and scratchy, but that only made it better. How Thad Cochran Pulled Off a Win Over Chris McDaniel (Simple, Really)|Stuart Stevens|June 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST Is that scratchy rug atop her head really meant to be Kate's famously silken locks? Kate's First Official Portrait: Will Artist be Sent To Tower for Hideous Picture?|Tom Sykes|January 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST Once again, Pharoah hammers down every screechy, scratchy vocal tic while doing a Rock-sian riff on Romeo and Juliet. Barack Obama and Jay Pharoah’s 7 Best Celebrity Impressions (VIDEO)|Kevin Fallon|September 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST Last year, she had a chance to meet Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma, 16 years after seeing that scratchy video in Beijing. Alyse Nelson: A Life Less Ordinary|Abigail Pesta|June 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The rebels said so, in their scratchy broadcasts from across the border. Vanished in Uganda|Andrew Rice|June 5, 2009|DAILY BEAST I stood it while he stuffed my pockets, but rebelled when he tried to poke the prickly, scratchy things inside my shirt. Alaska Days with John Muir|Samuel Hall Young Now I could distinctly hear a sound of whispering, and something slithered over the panels, with a rasping, scratchy noise. The House on the Borderland|William Hope Hodgson The execution of the work is not of a very high order, but is rather irregular and scratchy. Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, February 1899|Various One old man being asked why he liked the vicar, made answer as follows: "Why, 'cos he be so scratchy after souls." A Cotswold Village|J. Arthur Gibbs We stood there in friendly silence, while the feeble minstrel sheltered in Antonia's hair went on with its scratchy chirp.
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