scratchy

adjective

1. 1

   unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

   a gravelly voice

2. 2

   lacking consistency

   the golfer hit the ball well but his putting was spotty

3. 3

   easily irritated or annoyed

   an incorrigibly fractious young man

   not the least nettlesome of his countrymen

4. 4

   causing abrasion