scratchy

from 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}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Scratchy \Scratch"y\, a.
   Characterized by scratches.
   [1913 Webster]

from 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