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adjective

Definition of burrednext
as in scratchy

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burred

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verb

past tense of burr
as in hummed
to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound the pitch burred past the batter's ear

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  1. scratchy
  2. scraggly
  3. harsh
  4. pitted
  5. nubby
  6. nonuniform
  7. wavy
Adjective
  • Telltale warning signs of a cold usually include sneezing, runny nose, congestion, and scratchy throat.
    Sarah Bradley, Health, 6 Oct. 2024
  • But Frank was more the scratchy handwriting type, prone to splotch—not one to weep, let alone for long.
    Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of scratchy
Adjective
  • A lot of people hate him, but at least one person at Arkham, an inmate named Lee Quinzel (Lady Gaga), with two-tone platinum hair and a gaze of scraggly desperation, adores him.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Sep. 2024
  • This kid gorilla leads Kong to a tribe of scraggly hostile apes who are living in a slave society presided over by the Skar King, an evil ape with blotchy red hair who’s as tall as Kong and wields a skeletal bone whip that looks like it was fashioned out of the spine of a sea serpent.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 28 Mar. 2024
Definition of scraggly
Adjective
  • Trump has promised to enact a new fiscal and economic regime, including harsh tariffs that some economists fear could have inflationary effects.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • For centuries, herders looking for summer pastures were the main presence in this harsh and inhospitable region some 14,000 feet (4,200 meters) above sea level in the eastern Himalayas.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of harsh
Adjective
  • What is the proper way to eat pitted cherries? Cutting them up to remove the pits seems excessive, but just spitting out the pits into a napkin doesn’t seem proper, either.
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Your healthcare provider may treat pitted nails with corticosteroid injections, laser treatment, phototherapy, and other medicines.
    Sarah Klein, Health, 25 June 2024
Definition of pitted
Adjective
  • The hand feel is soft with a slightly nubby texture that feels lovely against your skin.
    Kathleen Felton, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Vince Fair Isle v-neck cardigan $425 NORDSTROM Vince’s nubby gray and white V-neck button-up is perfectly muted.
    Kerry Pieri, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of nubby
Adjective
  • But in a sign of just how nonuniform these companies are, execs at two more companies that comprise the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers are said to be discouraging execs from sending notes during the strike, and a third is taking a wait-and-see approach to the subject.
    Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 May 2023
  • Mozzarella was easily distinguished from the other cheeses by its extremely nonuniform color—more than 3 times more Primitives and an order of magnitude higher CCI than the other cheeses.
    Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 25 Aug. 2014
Definition of nonuniform
Adjective
  • The food at the elegant Waterside Restaurant, whose walls, carpets and curtains are appealingly decorated with wavy designs, is top-notch.
    James Rampton, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Photo: Stephen Kent Johnson The Bathroom: The wavy custom shelf is Lawson’s design, painted in RL-16.
    Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of wavy
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