Scratchiness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The property of feeling scratchy. uncountable

    "The scratchiness of this wool sweater is supposed to wear off, but I don't think it ever will."

  2. 2
    the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions wordnet

Synonyms

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abrasivenesscacophonycoarsenessdiscorddrynessharshness

Example

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"The scratchiness of this wool sweater is supposed to wear off, but I don't think it ever will."

Etymology

From scratchy + -ness.

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