scratchy

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: scratch=y

CIDE DICTIONARY

scratchy, a. 

 Characterized by scratches.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

scratchy, adj. (scratchier, scratchiest)
1 tending to make scratches or a scratching noise.
2 (esp. of a garment) tending to cause itchiness.
3 (of a drawing etc.) done in scratches or carelessly.

Derivative

scratchily adv. scratchiness n.

THESAURUS

scratchy

chafing, dry, fretting, galling, grating, grinding, hoarse, irritant, irritating, irritative, itchy, jangling, jangly, jarring, prickly, rasping, raspy, raw, rough, scrabbled, scraping, scrapy, scratched, scratching, scrawled, scrawly, scribbled, scribbly, sore, stinging