scratching
The word “scratching” has 2 syllables: scratch-ing
It's pronounced as /ˈskrætʃɪŋ/
What is synonym and antonym for scratching?
In the thesaurus, “scratching” has 88 synonyms and 61 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for scratching along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for scratching
- abrading
- atonal
- barking
- blaring
- bruising
- cacophonous
- chafing
- clamorous
- clanging
- clangorous
- clashing
- clattering
- clawing
- clawlike
- contusing
- cutting
- daggerlike
- dinning
- disagreeable
- discordant
- dissonant
- doodling
- edged
- edgy
- fretting
- galling
- grating
- grazing
- grinding
- groaning
- ground
- harsh
- honed
- inharmonious
- inking
- inscribing
- jabbing
- jagged
- jangling
- jangly
- jarring
- keen
- knifelike
- lacerating
- lettering
- metallic
- noisy
- off-key
- penciling
- pencilling
- penning
- piercing
- pointed
- pointy
- printing
- rasping
- raspy
- raucous
- resounding
- rubbing
- scraping
- scrawling
- screeching
- scribbling
- scuffing
- sharp
- sharpened
- shrill
- skinning
- sonorous
- spikey
- spiky
- squeaky
- squiggling
- stabbing
- strident
- stropped
- trenchant
- tuneless
- unmelodious
- unmusical
- unpleasant
- unpleasing
- unvocal
- uproarious
- whetted
- whining
- writing
Antonyms for scratching
- agreeable
- appealing
- blunt
- blunted
- cadenced
- calm
- chordal
- dulcet
- dull
- dulled
- euphonious
- even
- flat
- gliding
- harmonic
- harmonious
- harmonizing
- homophonic
- hushed
- level
- lilting
- lyric
- lyrical
- mellifluent
- mellifluous
- mellow
- melodic
- melodious
- musical
- noiseless
- obtuse
- orchestral
- pleasant
- polishing
- polyphonic
- polyphonous
- quavering
- quiet
- resonant
- rhythmic
- rhythmical
- rounded
- silent
- skating
- slick
- sliding
- smooth
- smoothing
- soft
- softening
- sonorous
- soundless
- still
- sweet
- symphonic
- symphonious
- tonal
- trilling
- tuneful
- warbling
- waxing
Meanings of scratching
- verb
- To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
- To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation; to cause itching.
- To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).
- To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page.
- To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating the crossfader (see also scratching).
- To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
- To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game.
- To write or draw hastily or awkwardly; scrawl.
- To dig or excavate with the claws.
- To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.
- noun
- The act or sound of something being scratched.
- A pork scratching.
- Record scratching, a technique of starting and stopping a vinyl record from playing to produce music in hip hop.
Example Sentences
- The dog kept scratching its ear all morning.
- She was scratching her head, trying to remember the answer.
- I heard someone scratching at the window last night.
- He started scratching the wall out of boredom.
- The cat is scratching the furniture again.
On this page you'll find 149 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to scratching, such as: abrading, agreeable, appealing, atonal, barking, blaring, blunt.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
cacophonous
- atonal
- blaring
- clamorous
- clanging
- clangorous
- clashing
- clattering
- clinking
- dinning
- disagreeable
- discordant
- disharmonic
- dissonant
- grating
- harsh
- ill-sounding
- immusical
- inharmonious
- jangling
- jangly
- jarring
- metallic
- noisy
- off-key
- raspy
- raucous
- resounding
- scratching
- screeching
- shrill
- sonorous
- sour
- squeaky
- strident
- tuneless
- unmelodious
- unmusical
- unpleasant
- unpleasing
- unvocal
- uproarious
daggerlike
- clawlike
- cutting
- edged
- edgy
- ground
- honed
- jabbing
- jagged
- keen
- knifelike
- lacerating
- piercing
- pointed
- pointy
- scratching
- sharp
- sharpened
- spikey
- spiky
- stabbing
- stropped
- trenchant
- whetted
jabbing
- bayoneting
- bayonetting
- clawlike
- cutting
- daggerlike
- dirking
- edged
- edgy
- gimleting
- goring
- ground
- harpooning
- honed
- impaling
- jagged
- keen
- knifelike
- knifing
- lacerating
- lancing
- pecking
- perforating
- picking
- piercing
- piking
- pinking
- pinpricking
- pointed
- pointy
- poking
- poniarding
- pricking
- pronging
- punching
- puncturing
- quilling
- riddling
- running through
- scratching
- sharp
- sharpened
- skewering
- slicing
- spearing
- spikey
- spiking
- spiky
- spindling
- spitting
- stabbing
- sticking
- stropped
- thrusting
- transfixing
- transpiercing
- trenchant
- whetted
jangling
- acrid
- antagonistic
- antipathetic
- asperous
- astringent
- at odds
- atonal
- babbling
- bitter
- blabbering
- blaring
- blatant
- blathering
- bleak
- bleating
- blithering
- boisterous
- bonging
- bumbling
- cacophonic
- cacophonous
- caterwauling
- chattering
- chatting
- chiming
- chinking
- chuntering
- clamorous
- clanging
- clangorous
- clanking
- clashing
- clattering
- clinking
- coarse
- contradictory
- contrarient
- contrary
- cracked
- craggy
- creaking
- croaking
- different
- ding-donging
- dinging
- dinning
- disagreeable
- disagreeing
- discordant
- discrepant
- disharmonic
- disharmonious
- dissonant
- disturbing
- divergent
- driveling
- drivelling
- drooling
- dry
- earsplitting
- echoing
- flat
- gabbing
- gabbling
- gibbering
- glaring
- gonging
- grating
- grim
- guttural
- hard
- harsh
- hoarse
- incompatible
- incongruous
- inconsistent
- inconsonant
- inharmonic
- inharmonious
- jabbering
- jagged
- jangly
- jarring
- jawing
- jingling
- knelling
- loud
- maundering
- metallic
- mouthing
- mumbling
- murmuring
- muttering
- noisy
- not smooth
- obstreperous
- off-key
- on a sour note
- opposite
- out-of-key
- out-of-tune
- pattering
- pealing
- pinging
- plinking
- plonking
- plunking
- prating
- prattling
- quarreling
- rasping
- raspy
- rattling
- raucous
- resonating
- resounding
- reverberating
- rigid
- ringing
- rough
- rude
- rugged
- running on
- rusty
- scratching
- scratchy
- screeching
- severe
- sharp
- shouting
- shrieking
- shrill
- smattering
- sonorous
- sour
- sputtering
- squawky
- squeaky
- stammering
- stentorian
- stertorous
- strident
- stridulant
- stridulous
- stuttering
- tanging
- tingling
- tinkling
- tittle-tattling
- tolling
- trolling
- tuneless
- uncongenial
- uneven
- unharmonious
- unlevel
- unmelodious
- unmixable
- unmusical
- unpleasant
- unpleasing
- unrelenting
- unvocal
- uproarious
- vociferant
- vociferous
- yacking
- yakking
jangly
- atonal
- blaring
- cacophonous
- clamorous
- clanging
- clangorous
- clashing
- clattering
- clinking
- dinning
- disagreeable
- discordant
- disharmonic
- dissonant
- grating
- harsh
- ill-sounding
- immusical
- inharmonious
- jangling
- jarring
- metallic
- noisy
- off-key
- raspy
- raucous
- resounding
- scratching
- screeching
- shrill
- sonorous
- sour
- squeaky
- strident
- tuneless
- unmelodious
- unmusical
- unpleasant
- unpleasing
- unvocal
- uproarious