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What is the adjective for scratchiness?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb scratch which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

scratch
  1. For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.
  2. Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation
  3. (computing) Relating to a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.
  4. (sports) (of a player) Of a standard high enough to play without a handicap, i.e. to compete without the benefit of a variation in scoring based on ability.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. rough, improvised, haphazard, impromptu, rough-and-ready, hastily prepared, rough-and-tumble, rough-hewn, jerry-built, jerry-rigged, crude, clumsy, unrefined, artless, rude, jury-rigged, rough and ready, simple, primitive, makeshift, basic, thrown together, rudimentary, undeveloped, plain, cobbled together, rustic, unfinished, coarse, awkward, homespun, unpolished, inelegant, roughhewn, unsophisticated, slipshod, make-do, undressed, spartan, wild-and-woolly, ad-lib, austere, in the rough, homemade, unskilled, inept, bungling, incompetent, maladroit, ramshackle … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “A scratch company of two innocuous youths and a pacified veteran was therefore what now offered itself to Mrs. Stringham.”
scratchy
  1. Characterized by scratches.
  2. (throat) Annoying, irritating, itchy.
  3. (informal, of an analogue radio transmission) Noisy, lossy; marred by white noise or static as a result of poor or low signal, interference or unfavourable atmospheric conditions.
  4. (phonograph) Having popping and/or crackling sounds due to excessive wear, especially from scratch marks.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. rasping, hoarse, grating, gruff, husky, croaking, throaty, croaky, raspy, coarse, rough, gravelly, harsh, discordant, guttural, rusty, dissonant, jarring, strident, cacophonous, raucous, screeching, gravel, unmelodious, sharp, jangling, noisy, unmusical, dry, cracked, squawky, rugged, jagged, stridulous, uneven, unlevel, craggy, earsplitting, creaking, clashing, asperous, astringent, caterwauling, tuneless, acrid, bitter, bleak, disagreeing, disturbing, flat … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “The singer's scratchy voice added a unique and raspy texture to the song.”
      “The scratchy path was treacherous to walk on as it was covered in thistles, brambles, and thorns.”
      “After rolling around in the grass, my legs felt scratchy and itchy.”
scratchsome
  1. Characterised or marked by scratching or scratchiness
scratchless
  1. Without a scratch; unscathed, spotless.
scratchproof
  1. Resistant to being scratched.
  2. Examples:
      3. “So there are plastic lenses, the unbreakable scratchproof gizmos.”
      “Compact and powerful, the Stabex HF LED torchlight is protected by an IP65 chemical-resistant enclosure and a mineral glass, scratchproof lens.”
      “This goes well with the stable, double-domed sapphire glass with scratchproof anti-reflective coating.”
scratchlike
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a scratch.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Her parents claimed that the scratchlike marks on her skin were caused by poltergeist attacks.”
scratched
  1. Produced by scratching.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. flawed, broken, damaged, blemished, knackered, warped, cracked, distorted, buckled, deformed, torn, chipped, marred, imperfect, impaired, spoilt, spoiled, injured, disfigured, smudged, stained, soiled, tainted, tarnished, dented, smashed, faulty, defective, down, hurt, busted, unsound, kaput, dinged, sunk, totaled, gone, snafued, shot, bent, flubbed, wounded, glitched, run-down, in need of repair, on the blink, beat-up, out of kilter, messed up, in poor condition … more
scratchable
  1. Capable of being scratched.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Diamonds are not scratchable, being one of the hardest substances known.”
scratchier
  1. comparative form of scratchy: more scratchy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. hoarser, gruffer, huskier, throatier, croakier, raspier, coarser, rougher, harsher, sharper, noisier, drier, squawkier, ruggeder, jaggeder, craggier, acrider, bitterer, bleaker, flatter, grimmer, harder, rigider, severer, sourer, more rasping, more gravelly, more discordant, more guttural, more rusty, more dissonant, more jarring, more strident, more cacophonous, more raucous, more unmelodious, more unmusical, more cracked, more stridulous, more uneven, more unlevel, more earsplitting, more clashing, more asperous, more astringent, more tuneless, more disturbing, more glaring, more incompatible, more unrelenting … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “For the scrubbing, he will use what looks like an oven glove but is far scratchier.”
      “Other England batsmen still have work to do, including the even scratchier Kevin Pietersen.”
      “He later reported that Sunday River, about an hour away in Maine, had plenty of trails open, but scratchier conditions.”
scratchiest
  1. superlative form of scratchy: most scratchy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. hoarsest, gruffest, huskiest, throatiest, croakiest, raspiest, coarsest, roughest, harshest, sharpest, noisiest, driest, squawkiest, ruggedest, jaggedest, craggiest, acridest, bitterest, bleakest, flattest, grimmest, hardest, rigidest, severest, sourest, most rasping, most gravelly, most discordant, most guttural, most rusty, most dissonant, most jarring, most strident, most cacophonous, most raucous, most unmelodious, most unmusical, most cracked, most stridulous, most uneven, most unlevel, most earsplitting, most clashing, most asperous, most astringent, most tuneless, most disturbing, most glaring, most incompatible, most unrelenting … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Kahn Fotuali'I was sluggish, while Dan Biggar had his scratchiest game for a long time.”
      “It is an organized nm, a clear composition, not of easy musical tones, but of the harshest, scratchiest sounds the lyrebird knows.”
scratching
  1. present participle of scratch
  2. Synonyms:
      3. cutting, grazing, scraping, rasping, lacerating, abrading, barking, skinning, wounding, chafing, damaging, excoriating, flaying, gashing, gouging, grooving, incising, marking, scoring, stripping, etching, nicking, pricking, scarifying, scrabbling, rubbing raw, making a mark on, scuffing, peeling, husking, hulling, shucking, shelling, snicking, breaking the skin of, engraving, scuffing up, keying, scrawling on, scouring, buffing, grating … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Most plastics also have a decided vulnerability to the scratching effects of dirt, dust or sand.”
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