Scratchy
adjective
Having a rough or uneven feel or quality.
The new blanket was still quite scratchy before it was washed.
Often appears as...
- scratchy wool
- scratchy material
adjective
Making or causing a harsh or grating sound.
His voice was scratchy from all the shouting at the football game.
Often appears as...
- scratchy voice
- scratchy recording
adjective
Consisting of or marked by quick, rough, or incised strokes.
Her sketch looked scratchy since she had not used an eraser.
Often appears as...
- scratchy sketch
- scratchy lines
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Having a rough or uneven feel or quality.
The new blanket was still quite scratchy before it was washed.
Often appears as...
- scratchy wool
- scratchy material
adjective
Making or causing a harsh or grating sound.
His voice was scratchy from all the shouting at the football game.
Often appears as...
- scratchy voice
- scratchy recording
adjective
Consisting of or marked by quick, rough, or incised strokes.
Her sketch looked scratchy since she had not used an eraser.
Often appears as...
- scratchy sketch
- scratchy lines
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Texture Sensation
Describes the uncomfortable feeling of fabric against skin.
I need to change my shirt; it's too scratchy.
Pro Tip 2/3Not for Skin
Usually refers to material not suitable for sensitive skin.
Avoid scratchy materials for baby clothes.
Pro Tip 3/3Repeated Use
Repeated washing or use often softens scratchy items.
With time, those scratchy towels will become softer.
Pro Tip 1/3Texture Sensation
Describes the uncomfortable feeling of fabric against skin.
I need to change my shirt; it's too scratchy.
Pro Tip 2/3Not for Skin
Usually refers to material not suitable for sensitive skin.
Avoid scratchy materials for baby clothes.
Pro Tip 3/3Repeated Use
Repeated washing or use often softens scratchy items.
With time, those scratchy towels will become softer.
Pro Tip 1/3Texture Sensation
Describes the uncomfortable feeling of fabric against skin.
I need to change my shirt; it's too scratchy.
Pro Tip 2/3Not for Skin
Usually refers to material not suitable for sensitive skin.
Avoid scratchy materials for baby clothes.
Pro Tip 3/3Repeated Use
Repeated washing or use often softens scratchy items.
With time, those scratchy towels will become softer.
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Forget shopping. Soon...
so I could experiment into the night, every night. The main challenge was to find the right filament for printing clothes with. So what is a filament? Filament is the material you feed the printer with. And I spent a month or so experimenting with PLA, which is a hard and scratchy, breakable material.
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Forget Shopping. Soon...
so I could experiment into the night, every night. The main challenge was to find the right filament for printing clothes with. So what is a filament? Filament is the material you feed the printer with. And I spent a month or so experimenting with PLA, which is a hard and scratchy, breakable material.
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Inventing the American...
Declaring independence had been risky business, demanding ferocious courage that put lives and fortunes in jeopardy. But, inventing a new government was no field day either, especially when it's summer and you're in scratchy suits, and the windows are closed because you don't want anybody
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Why you shouldn't worry...
so they help us pace our meals. The bulk also slows down digestion, especially in the stomach, and makes you feel full longer. Fiber also draws water into the stool, keeping it soft. Scratchy, hard stool is, to put it mildly, unpleasant. It also increases bacterial mass.
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Talking and squawking PIPE...
Yeah. Einstein's especially interested in Penelope's talk. A lot of her research goes on in case, which can get pretty dusty. Achoo! It could make her sneeze. But more importantly, her research could help Einstein find a cure for her never-ending scratchy throat.
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Lack of data is an issue...
of football with a ball that they made out of rags tied together with string and in the evenings the men would gather in the dark and listen on a scratchy battery-operated radios to try to get news of the outside world it was a village in other words like tens of
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The Moon Landing PIPE...
I was eight years old when they landed on the moon my father dragged me out of bed I'd had no lead up to it so I didn't know what was going on you know it's like static and snow on the screen and scratchy sound and the broadcaster's are trying
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Orphan Moon Bears Stolen...
been taken the enclosure was locked so would it have been that somebody's climbed over this grabbed a carb you know you know pretty scratchy and by teacup throwing it in a bag and managed to climb back over and do all of that
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Margaret Heffernan: Why...
Not a bad return on social capital, which compounds even as you spend it. Now, this isn't about chumminess, and it's no charter for slackers, because people who work this way tend to be kind of scratchy,
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Sirena Huang: An...
it was actually really bad, because it didn't sound the way I'd heard from other kids -- it was so horrible and so scratchy. So, it wasn't entertaining at all.
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Forget shopping. Soon...
so I could experiment into the night, every night. The main challenge was to find the right filament for printing clothes with. So what is a filament? Filament is the material you feed the printer with. And I spent a month or so experimenting with PLA, which is a hard and scratchy, breakable material.
Video examples
Forget Shopping. Soon...
so I could experiment into the night, every night. The main challenge was to find the right filament for printing clothes with. So what is a filament? Filament is the material you feed the printer with. And I spent a month or so experimenting with PLA, which is a hard and scratchy, breakable material.
Video examples
Inventing the American...
Declaring independence had been risky business, demanding ferocious courage that put lives and fortunes in jeopardy. But, inventing a new government was no field day either, especially when it's summer and you're in scratchy suits, and the windows are closed because you don't want anybody
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Why you shouldn't worry...
so they help us pace our meals. The bulk also slows down digestion, especially in the stomach, and makes you feel full longer. Fiber also draws water into the stool, keeping it soft. Scratchy, hard stool is, to put it mildly, unpleasant. It also increases bacterial mass.
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Talking and squawking PIPE...
Yeah. Einstein's especially interested in Penelope's talk. A lot of her research goes on in case, which can get pretty dusty. Achoo! It could make her sneeze. But more importantly, her research could help Einstein find a cure for her never-ending scratchy throat.
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Lack of data is an issue...
of football with a ball that they made out of rags tied together with string and in the evenings the men would gather in the dark and listen on a scratchy battery-operated radios to try to get news of the outside world it was a village in other words like tens of
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The Moon Landing PIPE...
I was eight years old when they landed on the moon my father dragged me out of bed I'd had no lead up to it so I didn't know what was going on you know it's like static and snow on the screen and scratchy sound and the broadcaster's are trying
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Orphan Moon Bears Stolen...
been taken the enclosure was locked so would it have been that somebody's climbed over this grabbed a carb you know you know pretty scratchy and by teacup throwing it in a bag and managed to climb back over and do all of that
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Margaret Heffernan: Why...
Not a bad return on social capital, which compounds even as you spend it. Now, this isn't about chumminess, and it's no charter for slackers, because people who work this way tend to be kind of scratchy,
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Sirena Huang: An...
it was actually really bad, because it didn't sound the way I'd heard from other kids -- it was so horrible and so scratchy. So, it wasn't entertaining at all.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Temple Grandin
American Educator
My problems are sort of more on a nuisance level. I can't stand scratchy clothes, I've got to have soft kinds of cotton against my skin, and I don't know why some 100% cotton t-shirts itch and others don't; it has something to do with the weave.
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Rohan Marley
American Athlete
I always dreamed of playing music with my father. But my voice is so scratchy, I only sing in the shower.
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Dave Eggers
American Writer
Through the small tall bathroom window the December yard is gray and scratchy, the tree calligraphic.
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SZA
American Musician
When I sing full voice, I get nervous because I get nasal and abrasive and a little scratchy.
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Linda Ronstadt
American Musician
I love everything soft, cashmere and down. I don't like anything scratchy.
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Temple Grandin
American Educator
My problems are sort of more on a nuisance level. I can't stand scratchy clothes, I've got to have soft kinds of cotton against my skin, and I don't know why some 100% cotton t-shirts itch and others don't; it has something to do with the weave.
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Rohan Marley
American Athlete
I always dreamed of playing music with my father. But my voice is so scratchy, I only sing in the shower.
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Dave Eggers
American Writer
Through the small tall bathroom window the December yard is gray and scratchy, the tree calligraphic.
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SZA
American Musician
When I sing full voice, I get nervous because I get nasal and abrasive and a little scratchy.
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Linda Ronstadt
American Musician
I love everything soft, cashmere and down. I don't like anything scratchy.
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