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itchy

/ˈɪt͡ʃi/adjective2 syllables

Itchy means: nervous and unable to relax.

Synonyms for itchy14

adjective, as in nervous and unable to relax

antsy, fidgety, fretful, restless, tense

adjective, as in causing an irritating cutaneous sensation; being affect with an itch

painful

also used for itchy

pruritic, scratchy, anxious, jittery, jumpy, nervous, on edge, itching

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What does itchy mean?2

adjective

1

nervous and unable to relax“a constant fretful stamping of hooves”

2

causing an irritating cutaneous sensation; being affect with an itch“he had an itchy toe from the mosquito bite”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with itchy?1

two syllables

bitchy
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Itchy in a sentence

  • The child has red, itchy patches all over his body.Nuel
  • I have a rash on my arm, and it’s very itchy.Igider
  • Chicken pox is an itchy nuisance for kids.jarbv
  • I have athlete's foot and it's very itchy.Zifre
  • The waistband has lost its elasticity and now it's all crumbly and itchy.papabear
  • If she stays too long in one place she begins to get itchy feet.CN
  • I get itchy just by thinking about lice.Luornu
  • The area around the centipede's bite turned increasingly itchy.Amastan

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Forms of itchy

as a adjective

comparative
itchier
superlative
itchiest