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scratchinesses

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scratch⋅y

[skrach-ee]
–adjective, scratch⋅i⋅er, scratch⋅i⋅est.
1. causing or liable to cause a slight grating noise: a scratchy record.
2. consisting of or marked by scratches: a scratchy drawing.
3. uneven; haphazard: He plays a scratchy game.
4. causing itching or other minor irritation of the skin: a scratchy woolen sweater.
5. causing or liable to cause a scratch or scratches: scratchy bushes.
6. Chiefly British Slang. peevish; spiteful.

Origin:
1700–10; scratch + -y 1


scratch⋅i⋅ly, adverb
scratch⋅i⋅ness, noun
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