Scratchy synonyms
Category:
Not producing a liquid substance that is normally produced:
Rough, crude, or forbidding in appearance
Rasping; grating
Characterized by violent motion; turbulent:
Making squawking sounds.
Advertisement
The definition of strident is something loud, harsh-sounding or shrill.
sounds (related)
Disagreeable to the sense of hearing
Of, full of, or covered with rock fragments or pebbles:
Having, occurring in, or marked with spots
Not level, smooth, or flat; rough; irregular
Odd; eccentric
The definition of fractious is someone who is bad tempered, or someone or something that is difficult to control.
Advertisement
In an ill humor; bad-tempered; peevish
Showing ill humor or impatience, as a glance or remark
(Chiefly Brit.) Somewhat hungry
Peevish; petulant; cross
The definition of petulant is someone who gets irritated without a good reason.
Marked by impatience or ill humor.
Advertisement
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Causing abrasion
grungy (related)
squelchy (related)
tuneless (related)
fuzz (related)
Advertisement
Harsh and grating in sound; sounding rough and husky
That jars (clashes or disagrees); incongruous, conflictful.
Hoarse; rough-sounding
spiky (related)
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, grating, raspy, rough, squawky, strident, sounds, gravelly and spotty.