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Synonyms for itch
ɪtʃitch
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Princeton's WordNet
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"
urge, itchnoun
a strong restless desire
"why this urge to travel?"
itch, itchiness, itchingverb
an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch
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, rubitchverb
have or perceive an itch
"I'm itching--the air is so dry!"
itchverb
cause to perceive an itch
"his skin itched"
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
Dictionary of English Synonymes
itchnoun
Synonyms:
itchingitchnoun
Synonyms:
(Med.) psoraitchverb
Synonyms:
feel an itching
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#669 | baby | |
#772 | mar | |
#1083 | cross | |
#1605 | rape | |
#2540 | blow | |
#3439 | cancel | |
#3884 | strike | |
#7665 | scratch | |
#8065 | grave | |
#9811 | urge | |
#10816 | foil | |
#11969 | corrupt | |
#12745 | rub | |
#12746 | violate | |
#13290 | impulse | |
#15888 | scrub | |
#17024 | scotch | |
#17290 | excise | |
#20396 | indulge | |
#21436 | spoil | |
#23576 | itching | |
#25560 | impair | |
#25830 | dermatitis | |
#26507 | itch | |
#26944 | bobble | |
#27090 | fret | |
#27618 | cocker | |
#27707 | fray | |
#28828 | bumble | |
#29630 | fluff | |
#30892 | fumble | |
#31815 | pamper | |
#32424 | scrape | |
#33911 | muff | |
#36264 | thwart | |
#37254 | plunder | |
#41205 | baffle | |
#49040 | frustrate | |
#53610 | bollocks | |
#58890 | scabies | |
#59798 | engrave | |
#63134 | bungle | |
#88074 | expunge | |
#90291 | chafe | |
#99054 | featherbed | |
#104177 | botch | |
#105759 | inscribe | |
#120061 | bilk | |
#121624 | vitiate | |
#162842 | coddle | |
#183242 | itchiness | |
#220019 | flub | |
#228192 | despoil | |
#231784 | bodge | |
#284974 | deflower | |
#315643 | mishandle |
How to use itch in a sentence?
We have a hard-wired desire for variety. Porn allows you to scratch that itch without physically cheating on your partner.
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.
My balls itch...
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.
After all the times I was pinched, I knew every judge in town, i was a tough kid. I always had that itch in my britches to find out who I was. I tested my (courage) every night.
Translations for itch
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- حكةArabic
- svědětCzech
- jucken, JuckreizGerman
- φαγούρα, κνησμόςGreek
- juko, jukiEsperanto
- picor, comezón, picar, picazón, escozorSpanish
- خارشPersian
- halu, kutkuttaa, hinku, syyhytä, syyhy, palaa halusta tehdä, kutina, kutistaFinnish
- prurit, démanger, démangeaison, gratterFrench
- גירודHebrew
- viszketés, viszketHungarian
- քոր գալ, քորArmenian
- prurito, prudereItalian
- 渇望, かゆみを生じる, 渇望する, かゆみJapanese
- მუნიGeorgian
- prurioLatin
- niezētLatvian
- harehare, toretiti, hakihaki, ngaokoMāori
- खाजMarathi
- ယားBurmese
- jeuk, jeuken, kriebelenDutch
- yihę́ę́sNavajo, Navaho
- coceira, comichão, coçar, desejar, pruir, comichar, prurir, prurido, quererPortuguese
- mâncărime, dorințăRomanian
- чесаться, зудеть, зудRussian
- сврабSerbo-Croatian
- kliaSwedish
- ความคัน, ความอยาก, ความต้องการThai
- kaşıntı, kaşınmak, kaşınmaTurkish
- کهجلیUrdu
- schôpe, schôpyî, djéryîWalloon
- 癢Chinese
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