itch

Speech parts

1. itch - Noun

2. itch - Verb

Meaning

To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected.

To have a constant desire or teasing uneasiness; to long for; as, itching ears.

An eruption of small, isolated, acuminated vesicles, produced by the entrance of a parasitic mite (the Sarcoptes scabei), and attended with itching. It is transmissible by contact.

Any itching eruption.

A sensation in the skin occasioned (or resembling that occasioned) by the itch eruption; -- called also scabies, psora, etc.

A constant irritating desire.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

scratch urge spoil scabies itching itchiness eros jones pine tingle coca mange long need ringworm
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Antonyms

malice loathing detestation resistance opposition horror
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Hypernyms

want desire infection smart irritate ache

Hyponyms

tingle tickle pruritus prickle titillate vellicate

Phrases with the word

baker's itch washerwoman's itch itch bush itch weed crotch itch itch nettle

Derivatives

itched itching

Anagrams

chit tich

Examples

why this urge to travel? Source: Internet

he has a bad case of the itch Source: Internet

She is itching to start the project Source: Internet

He is spoiling for a fight Source: Internet

Don't scratch your insect bites! Source: Internet

I'm itching--the air is so dry! Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

ITB ITBS ITC itch bush itch me itch mite