itch

Meaning

Noun

1. A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area.
2. A constant teasing desire or want.

Verb

1. To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched.
2. To have a constant, teasing urge; to feel strongly motivated; to want or desire something.
3. To cause to feel an itch.
4. (colloquial) To scratch or rub so as to relieve an itch.

Synonyms

scabies

tickle

itching

irritate

wish

scratch

itchy

scab

fancy

ardor

eagerness

ambition

desire

inclination

keenness

ardour

rash

be itchy

smart

itchiness

pruritus

feel itchy

be itching

sting

irritation

spoil

yearn

urge

tingle

ringworm

rub

lust

heat

sarcoptic mange

prickliness

long

eczema

herpes

psoriasis

small wound

itch to speak

yuke

make fire

ache

prurition

annoy

annoyance

braise

burn

crave

craving

crust

disease

eruption

etc.

hurt

impatient

irritated

libidinousness

mange

manginess

pimple

prickly heat

prurience

psora

scrape

scratchiness

scratching

snatch

squawk

tickling

vex

yen

💴

be hot

get irritated

have fever

nettlerash

sexual climax

be irritated

crack

fever

🤒

leprosy

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪt͡ʃ/

Etymology

From Middle English icche, ȝicche, from Old English ġiċċe (“an itch”), from Proto-Germanic *jukjǭ (“an itch”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots yeuk (“an itch, itchiness”), Dutch jeuk (“an itch”), German jucken.