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1. Causing abrasion
   - abrasive
    
2. Easily irritated or annoyed
   "an incorrigibly scratchy young man";
   - cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, testy, tetchy, techy, pouty, narky [Brit]
    
3. Lacking consistency
   "the golfer hit the ball well but his putting was scratchy";
   - spotty, uneven
    
4. Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
   "a scratchy voice";
   - grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough

Derived forms: scratchier, scratchiest

See also: cacophonic, cacophonous, ill-natured, inconsistent, rough, unsmooth

Encyclopedia: Scratchy