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scratchy

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scratchy in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. causing abrasion
    abrasive  scratchy 
  2. easily irritated or annoyed
    "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
    cranky  fractious  irritable  nettlesome  peevish  peckish  pettish  petulant  scratchy  testy  tetchy  techy 
  3. unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
    "a gravelly voice"
    grating  gravelly  rasping  raspy  rough  scratchy 
  4. lacking consistency
    "the golfer hit the ball well but his putting was spotty"
    spotty  uneven  scratchy 
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