Antonyms for scratchingscratch·ing

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1. scrape, scraping, scratch, scratchingnoun

   a harsh noise made by scraping

   "the scrape of violin bows distracted her"

   Synonyms:
   lolly, start, clams, cacography, scrawl, starting line, cabbage, wampum, lucre, boodle, mark, incision, gelt, scratch line, bread, scraping, slit, lettuce, prick, loot, sugar, chicken feed, scratch, simoleons, abrasion, pelf, dough, dinero, kale, scrape, excoriation, scar, scribble, dent, shekels, moolah

How to use scratching in a sentence?

1. Donald Trump:

   I think a lot of Trump voters will be waking up this morning and scratching their heads and saying, 'Where will it all end?' as a firm Trump supporter, I say, yes, the pictures were horrible, but I'm surprised.

2. Kristi Curry Rogers:

   We’re just scratching the surface when it comes to a comprehensive understanding of dinosaur diversity, stegourus reminds us that if we look in the right places at the right times, there is so much more still to discover.

3. Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett:

   We got the call at about 2 o'clock this morning and we came out and we've got a modern building that just collapsed. A large modern building, 12 stories, 130-unit condominium on the ocean just collapsed, it looks like there was an earthquake, it's inexplicable and we are all scratching our heads trying to figure out what the problem is.

4. Greg Rouse:

   We are still barely scratching the surface of their diversity, it's just an amazing innovation by animals to exploit a food resource.

5. Brian White:

   When you get a company that barely beats that has been beating by a longshot, people are going to be scratching their heads a little bit, if that guy can’t show much upside, what does that mean for the rest of the sector?

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