scratchy
2
4.1
- adjective
- /ˈskrætʃi/
:
irregular
- His presentation felt scratchy and unpolished, lacking the smooth flow needed to engage the audience.
Examples
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But the poet's name was always handwritten, and the handwriting was always the same: loose and scratchy.
Fiction book (1996) -
After hearing the scratchy sound of the old record, she decided to buy a higher quality version.
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OK, we already know that this one was so scratchy and I just do not like this at all.
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And it just gets kind of thin and kind of scratchy, almost like the quality is not the best.
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Still pretty scratchy on the surface, but there is some copper showing through in the middle.
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The two EQS buttons get a little scratchy after a few years.
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A fast, scratchy Fats Navarro piece is on the soundtrack.
Fiction book (2001) -
I was really interested in Ryan's pacing, rhythm, and scratchy art, but I was not compelled, and sometimes frustrated, by the content.
Blog text (6) -
Yvonne Rainer's art of the 1960s was both serviceable and scratchy—utilitarian in feel, and for this, insistently oppositional.
Academic text (1999) -
The singer's performance was scratchy, with many off-key notes that disappointed the audience.
Synonyms
42
2.3
Not smooth or level, with parts higher and lower
18
5.1
Not always the same in quality or performance
Made in a clumsy way and not of good quality
Antonyms
How Consistent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Scratchy comes from scratch, which brings to mind rough marks or a scratched record. So a scratchy performance is one that feels rough and uneven, with strong moments mixed with weak ones.