Main entry: grating, gravelly, rough, scratchy, rasping, raspy
Definition: unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
Usage: a gravelly voice
Main entry: uneven, scratchy, spotty
Definition: lacking consistency
Usage: the golfer hit the ball well but his putting was spotty
Main entry: fractious, cranky, scratchy, irritable, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, nettlesome, techy, testy, tetchy
Definition: easily irritated or annoyed
Usage: an incorrigibly fractious young man; not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
Main entry: scratchy, abrasive
Definition: causing abrasion