scratchy

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of SCRATCHY

having leaves or branches which are likely to cause a scratch <scratchy shrubbery that's intended to keep kids and pets off the old man's property>

Synonyms brambly, prickly, thistly, thorny

Related Words burred; bristly, coarse, jagged, rough

causing an unpleasant tingling sensation <the wool pants are so scratchy that I can't stand to wear them>

Synonyms irritating, itchy, prickly

Related Words coarse, harsh, rough

Near Antonyms silken, silky, soft, soothing

harsh and dry in sound <her voice was scratchy from a cold>

Synonyms coarse, croaking, croaky, grating, gravel, gravelly, gruff, husky, rasping, raspy, rusty, scratchy, throaty

Near Antonyms gentle, gliding, golden, liquid, mellifluent, mellifluous, mellow, soothing, sweet, tender; satiny, silken, smooth, soft, velvety; euphonious, lyric, lyrical, melodic, melodious, musical

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