Scratchy synonyms

skrăch'ē

Not producing a liquid substance that is normally produced:

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Rough, crude, or forbidding in appearance

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Rasping; grating

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Characterized by violent motion; turbulent:

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The definition of fractious is someone who is bad tempered, or someone or something that is difficult to control.

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(Of a task, problem, etc.) Thorny; difficult to deal with, especially due to being complex or tricky.

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(Chiefly Brit.) Somewhat hungry

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The definition of petulant is someone who gets irritated without a good reason.

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Easily annoyed or irritated; peevish, testy or irascible

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Causing abrasion

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Making squawking sounds.

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The definition of strident is something loud, harsh-sounding or shrill.

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sounds (related)

Disagreeable to the sense of hearing

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(Typically of a voice) harsh and unpleasant

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Of, full of, or covered with rock fragments or pebbles:

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Having, occurring in, or marked with spots

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Not level, smooth, or flat; rough; irregular

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Odd; eccentric

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grungy (related)

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squelchy (related)

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tuneless (related)

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fuzz (related)

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Harsh and grating in sound; sounding rough and husky

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That jars (clashes or disagrees); incongruous, conflictful.

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Hoarse; rough-sounding

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In an ill humor; bad-tempered; peevish

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Showing ill humor or impatience, as a glance or remark

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Peevish; petulant; cross

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Marked by impatience or ill humor.

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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.

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spiky (related)

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Find another word for scratchy. In this page you can discover 32 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for scratchy, like: dry, harsh, rasping, raspy, rough, fractious, nettlesome, peckish, petulant, tetchy and abrasive.