Definition for Scratching:

• a harsh noise made by scraping; " the scrape of violin bows distracted her"

Synonyms for Scratching:

• adj.

  •abrasive (adjective)
  • erosive.
  •grating (adjective)
  • rasping,
  • Scarifying,
  • attritive,
  • raspy,
  • abrasive,
  • rough,
  • scratchy.
  •hoarse (adjective)
  • more squawking,
  • most stridulous,
  • in distinct,
  • most gravelly,
  • breathiest,
  • most squawking,
  • more growling,
  • more stertorous,
  • most growling,
  • in-distinct,
  • breathier,
  • croupiest,
  • un-even,
  • un even,
  • most stertorous,
  • more stridulous,
  • more gravelly.
  •shrill (adjective)
  • cutting,
  • acute,
  • grating,
  • raucous,
  • whining,
  • squealing,
  • penetrating,
  • strident,
  • Caterwauling,
  • creaky,
  • squeaky,
  • shrieking,
  • screeching,
  • high-pitched,
  • ear-piercing,
  • treble,
  • jarring,
  • harsh,
  • whistling,
  • reedy,
  • jangling,
  • screaming,
  • piercing,
  • shrill.

• n.

  •abrasion (noun)
  • scuffings,
  • chafings.
  •handwriting (noun)
  • manuscriptions,
  • ductu,
  • griffonages,
  • scriveneries,
  • scriptions,
  • scrivenings,
  • pencrafts,
  • chicken scratches,
  • penscripts,
  • autographies.

• v.

  •blemishing (verb)
  • Fracturing,
  • Abrading,
  • Gashing,
  • hurting,
  • Disfiguring,
  • Checking,
  • Scuffing,
  • scoring,
  • chipping,
  • staining,
  • Discoloring,
  • Tainting,
  • splotching,
  • Blotting,
  • Notching,
  • spoiling,
  • Nicking,
  • Tarnishing,
  • spotting,
  • defecting,
  • marking,
  • Freckling,
  • Marring,
  • Deforming,
  • scraping,
  • Hacking,
  • damaging,
  • cracking,
  • Flawing,
  • blistering,
  • Dotting,
  • Scarring,
  • Slitting,
  • Defacing,
  • Specking,
  • Kinking,
  • Distorting,
  • Blemishing,
  • Flecking.
  •roughening (verb)
  • Ruffling,
  • coarsening,
  • Rumpling,
  • Gnarling,
  • Roughening.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • vaccination.
  •Other relevant words:
  • lining,
  • grazing,
  • scrawl,
  • sign,
  • loosen,
  • chafing,
  • itching,
  • guttural,
  • imprint,
  • Sanding,
  • character,
  • receive,
  • impression,
  • buffeting,
  • mole,
  • heed,
  • Suckering,
  • incision,
  • Devilling,
  • scratched,
  • dashing,
  • aggravate,
  • Gulling,
  • assume,
  • Scaring,
  • hum,
  • Pencilling,
  • Rutting,
  • Denting,
  • bother,
  • grooving,
  • abut,
  • obliterating,
  • Genuflecting,
  • dissonant,
  • static,
  • scouring,
  • flick,
  • creaking,
  • nevus,
  • stipple,
  • dent,
  • prickle,
  • capture,
  • Sugaring,
  • pelf,
  • goad,
  • seize,
  • abrasion,
  • croaking,
  • distortion,
  • annoy,
  • tooling,
  • lettuce,
  • unmusical,
  • grading,
  • etching,
  • pricking,
  • displease,
  • Cabbaging,
  • get,
  • hissing,
  • gash,
  • tick,
  • check,
  • mugging,
  • roughen,
  • brand,
  • Graveling,
  • cicatrix,
  • earmark,
  • discoloration,
  • line,
  • grade,
  • annoying,
  • flutter,
  • Gouging,
  • Erasing,
  • Gagging,
  • vex,
  • start,
  • watermark,
  • unmelodious,
  • tattoo,
  • brushing,
  • scratcher,
  • feature,
  • scratch,
  • dressing,
  • Riling,
  • Raking,
  • Fooling,
  • patch,
  • Clawing,
  • filing,
  • Deviling,
  • eroding,
  • Cocking,
  • catch,
  • birthmark,
  • erasure,
  • apprehend,
  • sobbing,
  • scrape,
  • freckle,
  • incise,
  • notch,
  • Petering,
  • harass,
  • Scribbling,
  • dot,
  • fluttering,
  • doodle,
  • painting,
  • unharmonious,
  • crisscrossing,
  • Glass-cutting,
  • notice,
  • puncture,
  • printing,
  • point,
  • breading,
  • nick,
  • attrition,
  • arrest,
  • dapple,
  • confiscate,
  • excoriating,
  • wow,
  • scuff,
  • provoke,
  • Scrawling,
  • tittle,
  • slot,
  • adjoin,
  • rooting,
  • mark,
  • wounding,
  • noisy,
  • Glyptic,
  • evidence,
  • grinding,
  • splotch,
  • enrage,
  • doodling,
  • rasp,
  • hatching,
  • Incising,
  • lolly,
  • mottle,
  • ripping,
  • slashing,
  • looting,
  • cut,
  • discordant,
  • choking,
  • branding,
  • spot,
  • scotch,
  • kowtowing,
  • stroking,
  • touching,
  • blotch,
  • Rankling,
  • stridulant,
  • targeting,
  • sectioning,
  • loud,
  • irritate,
  • Frazzling,
  • crossing,
  • ablation,
  • niggling,
  • whistle,
  • grab,
  • blemish,
  • prick,
  • hack,
  • vexing,
  • Chiseling,
  • engraving,
  • snatch,
  • stridulation,
  • strawberry mark,
  • conquer,
  • scrub,
  • rumble,
  • Shafting,
  • Deleting,
  • score,
  • Ear-splitting,
  • Burrowing,
  • galling,
  • crevice,
  • pick off,
  • Fraying,
  • speck,
  • bruising,
  • wear,
  • Nettling,
  • Bothering,
  • stain,
  • inscription,
  • slash,
  • Stubbing,
  • tint,
  • excoriation,
  • stigma,
  • Fretting,
  • burr,
  • clams,
  • kale,
  • Scrabbling,
  • strum,
  • scar,
  • husky,
  • raging,
  • sharp,
  • cacography,
  • infuriate,
  • Furrowing,
  • cabbage,
  • cross-hatching,
  • howling,
  • chafe,
  • irritating,
  • erosion,
  • chicken feed,
  • Fussing,
  • cacophonous,
  • moolah,
  • jot,
  • slit,
  • scratch off,
  • zeroing,
  • splash,
  • feedback,
  • polishing,
  • blaze,
  • squeal,
  • label.

Paraphrases for Scratching:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    scraping.

• Independent

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Removing, dragging, dropping, picking.

Antonyms for Scratching:

• adj.

  • grating
    smooth.

Scratching Sentence Examples:

• F. B. Hastily scratching off these words Harris enclosed, sealed, and addressed the message, and tossed it on the table.

• After it had wandered some time, it crawled up the bank, and enjoyed the luxury of scratching itself, and rolling about.

Homophones for Scratching:

• short-change, shortcoming, scratchiness.