scratchy

scratchy is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Characterized by scratches. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 18 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Characterized by scratches.
2. adjective. unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

   "a gravelly voice"

   Synonyms: grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough

3. adjective. lacking consistency

   "the golfer hit the ball well but his putting was spotty"

   Synonyms: spotty, uneven

4. adjective. easily irritated or annoyed

   "an incorrigibly fractious young man"

   "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

   Synonyms: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, techy, testy, tetchy

5. adjective. causing abrasion

   Synonyms: abrasive

Synonyms

grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, spotty, uneven, cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, techy, testy, tetchy, abrasive

Common word forms

scratchier, scratchily, scratchiest

Words from these letters

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