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scratchy - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'scratchy' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Scratchy [ a.]
- Characterized by scratches.

Meaning of 'scratchy' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . scratchy [ s]
Meaning (1):
- unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
Example in sentence:
  • a gravelly voice
Meaning (2):
- easily irritated or annoyed
Example in sentence:
  • an incorrigibly fractious young man;
  • not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
Meaning (3):
- lacking consistency
Example in sentence:
  • the golfer hit the ball well but his putting was spotty

Nearby Words:

scrabbed eggs scrabble scrabbled scrabbling scraber scraffle scrag scrag-necked scragged scraggedness

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