Scratching synonyms
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attritive
Causing attrition.
To apply to a surface firmly and with friction:
To rub, scrape, or wipe out (esp. written or engraved letters); efface; expunge
scarifying
rough (related)
Not polished; uncut; said of a gem.
The definition of a scrape is an area that has been rubbed off, or an unhappy situation caused by your own actions.
The act of a person or thing that scrapes
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(Slang) To cancel or abandon; drop:
To offset or cancel each other
To levy an excise on.
To dismantle and pack up for departure:
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To enter (a name) on a list or in a register.
To bury
To rub (on or against)
To ornament with a fret
To count toward the number of points
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To fill (an amount of space) with words or information:
To extract (money from an account).
To write carelessly or illegibly
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
To cut or score.
Obliterate is defined as to utterly and completely destroy or eliminate, or to have a great victory or great success over someone or something.
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To injure or damage so as to make imperfect, less attractive, etc.; spoil; impair; disfigure
Exclude is defined as to keep out or to refuse to admit.
To exclude (from investigation or from further competition).
To have a prickly or stinging sensation; tingle
Cross is defined as to go from one side to another or to mark with intersecting lines.
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To subject to light rubbing or friction, as with a cloth or paper, in order to clean or dry.
To release or untie (a fastening)
To remove (a file, for example) from a hard drive or other storage medium.
To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
To scrape harshly; grate.
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Grate is defined as to shred, scrape, grind or irritate.
healing (antonym)
(Intransitive) To become better.
mending (antonym)
To reform or correct:
smoothing (antonym)
In a smooth manner
hurting (related)
To cause distress or damage:
damaging (related)
To do damage to
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continuing (related)
(Intransitive) to resume
The definition of abrasive is something that is harsh or rough, often to an unpleasant degree.
Causing or tending to cause erosion
Harsh and irritating:
Find another word for scratching. In this page you can discover 53 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for scratching, like: attritive, rubbing, erasing, scarifying, rough, scrape, scraping, scratch, scrubbing, cancelling and itching.