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scratchlike

scratchlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a scratch.

Adjective

scratchlike (comparative more scratchlike, superlative most scratchlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a scratch.
    • Her parents claimed that the scratchlike marks on her skin were caused by poltergeist attacks.

Forms of scratchlike

comparativemore scratchlike
superlativemost scratchlike

Origin of scratchlike

From scratch + -like.

Questions about scratchlike

What does scratchlike mean?
Scratchlike means resembling or characteristic of a scratch.
What part of speech is scratchlike?
Scratchlike is an adjective.

Words near scratchlike in the dictionary

  1. scratchingly
  2. scratchings
  3. scratchiti
  4. scratchitti
  5. scratchless
  6. scratchlike
  7. scratchmark
  8. scratchmarks
  9. scratchpad
  10. scratchpads
  11. scratchpaper

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