āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
scratchy
/skÉšËÃĻtâĘi/
scratchy
01
āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāϰ, āĻāϤā§āϤā§āĻāĻŋāϤ
prone to becoming upset or agitated over minor issues
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The scratchy mood in the room made everyone hesitant to speak.
āĻāϰā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻā§āϤ āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻ āϏāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤ⧠āĻ
āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāϰ⧠āϤā§āϞā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02
āĻāϏāĻāϏā§, āĻā§āϞāĻāĻžāύāĻŋ āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰā§
having a rough, irritating surface or texture that causes discomfort or irritation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The rough sandpaper was scratchy, used for smoothing wood surfaces.
āϰā§āĻā§āώ āϏā§āϝāĻžāύā§āĻĄāĻĒā§āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻāϏāĻāϏ⧠āĻāĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻžāĻ ā§āϰ āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ āϤāϞ āĻŽāϏā§āĻŖ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšāϤāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She winced at the scratchy sound of chalk on the blackboard.
āĻŦā§āϞā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻŦā§āϰā§āĻĄā§ āĻāĻā§āϰ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻļ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§ āϏ⧠āĻŽā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϤ āĻāϰāϞāĨ¤
04
āĻ āϏāĻŽ, āĻāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāϤ
(of writing or drawing) having an uneven or irregular quality that makes it appear rough or poorly executed
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The artist âs scratchy lines gave the sketch a raw, expressive feel.
āĻļāĻŋāϞā§āĻĒā§āϰ āĻāϏāĻāϏ⧠āϰā§āĻāĻžāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āϏā§āĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻž, āĻ
āĻāĻŋāĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻ
āύā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
scratchiness
scratchy
scratch
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