scratchiness
The property of feeling scratchyThe property of feeling scratchy.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The property of feeling scratchy.
The scratchiness of this wool sweater is supposed to wear off, but I don't think it ever will.
More definitions
- the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions
Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions:harshnessabrasiveness
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedscratchy
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable