Antonyms for itch
ɪtʃitch

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1. • Ache
   • Irritate

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1. scabies, itchnoun

   a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation

   "he has a bad case of the itch"

   Synonyms:
   itchiness, itching, urge, scabies

2. urge, itchnoun

   a strong restless desire

   "why this urge to travel?"

   Synonyms:
   impulse, itchiness, itching, urge, scabies

3. itch, itchiness, itchingverb

   an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch

   Synonyms:
   urge, itchiness, itching, scabies

4. rub, scratch, itchverb

   scrape or rub as if to relieve itching

   "Don't scratch your insect bites!"

   Synonyms:
   call off, scrape up, expunge, spoil, fret, grave, strike, chafe, come up, scratch, cancel, inscribe, engrave, scrub, scrape, fray, excise, scratch up, rub

5. itchverb

   have or perceive an itch

   "I'm itching--the air is so dry!"

   Synonyms:
   scratch, spoil, rub

6. itchverb

   cause to perceive an itch

   "his skin itched"

   Synonyms:
   scratch, spoil, rub

7. itch, spoilverb

   have a strong desire or urge to do something

   "She is itching to start the project"; "He is spoiling for a fight"

   Synonyms:
   pamper, frustrate, scotch, botch, bilk, baby, bungle, muck up, impair, mishandle, bumble, plunder, botch up, foil, blow, go bad, screw up, rub, fumble, vitiate, flub, rape, thwart, featherbed, ball up, bollocks, baffle, mess up, despoil, deflower, scratch, louse up, bollocks up, mar, indulge, spoil, muff, violate, cocker, foul up, cross, fluff, mollycoddle, bobble, coddle, bollix up, cosset, bollix, corrupt, bodge

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1. itchnoun

   Synonyms:
   psora, scabies, prurigo, sycosis (barber's itch), eczema, pruriency

How to use itch in a sentence?

1. Werner Schulz:

   To start from Scratch....One must have an Itch

2. Mary Jane Minkin:

   If you have a persistent itch, I would say it’s worth seeing a doctor about it.

3. Dan Reynolds:

   We're trying to take some time off right now just to reconnect with family and friends. And I mean, we were on the road for really a decade straight. So all of us were just wanting to rediscover what it means to be, you know, a dad or a friend or a son, especially because I had a newborn and our guitarist has a relatively new child as well, so we're trying to just be dads and then, you know, when the itch comes up, I'm sure we'll be back out on the road pretty soon.

4. Wang Chaojun:

   My mother complained about this mole-like growth on her head that itched all the time, we found ways to cure her itch using traditional Chinese medicine, and then left it be.

5. Hunter Handsfield:

   Maybe there's a little discharge, a little itch, it's easy for a woman to think it's a yeast infection and self-treat while the chlamydia is climbing up into her fallopian tubes.

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