[syn: grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Scratchy \Scratch"y\, a.
   Characterized by scratches.
   [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
scratchy
    adj 1: causing abrasion [syn: abrasive, scratchy]
    2: easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young
       man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" [syn:
       cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish,
       peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy,
       tetchy, techy]
    3: lacking consistency; "the golfer hit the ball well but his
       putting was spotty" [syn: spotty, uneven, scratchy]
    4: unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"
       [syn: grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough,
       scratchy]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "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