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SCRATCHINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does scratchiness mean?
• SCRATCHINESS (noun)
The noun SCRATCHINESS has 1 sense:
1. the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions
Familiarity information: SCRATCHINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The roughness of a substance that causes abrasions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
abrasiveness; harshness; scratchiness
Hypernyms ("scratchiness" is a kind of...):
raggedness; roughness (a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven)
Derivation:
scratchy (causing abrasion)
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