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achy
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adj 1: causing a dull and steady pain; "my aching head"; "her
old achy joints" [syn: aching, achy]
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flaky
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adj 1: made of or resembling flakes; "flaky soap" [syn: flaky,
flakey]
2: made of or easily forming flakes [syn: flaky, flakey]
3: conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual;
"restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like
a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish
combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the
outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage
antics" [syn: bizarre, eccentric, freakish, freaky,
flaky, flakey, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish,
outre]
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scratchy
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adj 1: causing abrasion [syn: abrasive, scratchy]
2: easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young
man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" [syn:
cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish,
peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy,
tetchy, techy]
3: lacking consistency; "the golfer hit the ball well but his
putting was spotty" [syn: spotty, uneven, scratchy]
4: unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"
[syn: grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough,
scratchy]
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shabby
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adj 1: showing signs of wear and tear; "a ratty old overcoat";
"shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows and
tatty curtains" [syn: moth-eaten, ratty, shabby,
tatty]
2: mean and unworthy and despicable; "shabby treatment"
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shady
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adj 1: (of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous; "a shady
operation" [syn: fly-by-night, shady]
2: of questionable taste or morality; "a louche nightclub"; "a
louche painting" [syn: louche, shady]
3: not as expected; "there was something fishy about the
accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely
queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect";
"suspicious behavior" [syn: fishy, funny, shady,
suspect, suspicious]
4: filled with shade; "the shady side of the street"; "the
surface of the pond is dark and shadowed"; "we sat on rocks
in a shadowy cove"; "cool umbrageous woodlands" [syn:
shady, shadowed, shadowy, umbrageous]
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shaggy
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adj 1: used of hair; thick and poorly groomed; "bushy locks"; "a
shaggy beard" [syn: bushy, shaggy, shaggy-haired,
shaggy-coated]
2: having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags;
"junipers with shagged trunks"; "shaggy rugs" [syn:
shagged, shaggy]
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shaky
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adj 1: inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; "a rickety
table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder
felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stands though
one of the arches is wonky" [syn: rickety, shaky,
wobbly, wonky]
2: vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold
or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze; "a quaking bog";
"the quaking child asked for more"; "quivering leaves of a
poplar tree"; "with shaking knees"; "seemed shaky on her
feet"; "sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the
chandelier"; "trembling hands" [syn: shaky, shivering,
trembling]
3: not secure; beset with difficulties; "a shaky marriage" [syn:
precarious, shaky]
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snaky
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adj 1: resembling a serpent in form; "a serpentine wall"; "snaky
ridges in the sand" [syn: serpentine, snaky,
snakelike]
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snappy
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adj 1: apt to speak irritably; "a snappish tone of voice" [syn:
snappish, snappy]
2: smart and fashionable; "snappy conversation"; "some sharp and
whipping lines" [syn: snappy, whipping]
3: pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and
frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day";
"snappy weather" [syn: crisp, frosty, nipping, nippy,
snappy]
4: marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper
young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: dapper, dashing,
jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy,
spruce]
5: quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively
gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a
snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze" [syn: alert, brisk,
lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy]
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tabby
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adj 1: having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy
coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats
[syn: brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby]
n 1: a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black [syn:
tabby, tabby cat]
2: female cat [syn: tabby, queen]
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tacky
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adj 1: (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely
dried and slightly sticky to the touch; "tacky varnish"
2: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish
colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a
meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn:
brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy,
gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty,
tawdry, trashy]
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wacky
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adj 1: ludicrous, foolish; "gave me a cockamamie reason for not
going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky
plan for selling more books" [syn: cockamamie,
cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky,
whacky, zany]
2: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to
drive my husband balmy" [syn: balmy, barmy, bats,
batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft,
dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco,
loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around
the bend, wacky, whacky]
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cincinnati
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n 1: a city in southern Ohio on the Ohio river
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headachy
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laky
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quaky
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jackie
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blaikie
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blakey
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breakey
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breaky
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debakey
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shigeki
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bisuteki
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aikey
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bakey
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lakey
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reiki
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seiki
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seki
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