Itch synonyms
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Part of speech:
The motion of something that crawls.
Yearning is a deep, and sometimes sad, desire.
To feel a tingling or pricking sensation:
To cause to tingle.
A feeling resembling the result of tickling.
The definition of a craving is a very strong desire.
To creep is defined as to move slowly and quietly while close to the ground.
To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
To swim the crawl.
Present participle of scratch.
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be irritated
To have a tingling sensation
To be in great need of
creeping sensation
An uncomfortable sensation in the skin
Intense itching of the skin without eruption
(Pathology) A noncontagious disease whose main symptom is gray or silvery flaky patches on the skin which are red and inflamed underneath when scratched.
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desire (related)
(Countable) Someone or something wished for.
want (related)
To desire (someone to do something):
A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical excitement; perturbation.
cacoethes
A hankering (to do something); mania
An acute or chronic inflammation of the skin, characterized by redness, itching, and the outbreak of oozing vesicular lesions which become encrusted and scaly. It is noncontagious.
A substance or organism causing fermentation, as yeast, bacteria, enzymes, etc.
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formication
An abnormal skin sensation similar to that of insects crawling over or within the skin; a tactile hallucination involving such a sensation. A common side-effect of substance abuse, it can also be experienced with high fever, menopause, skin cancer, diabetic neuropathy, or herpes zoster.
prurigo
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
The state or condition of being restless; an inability to be still, quiet, at peace or comfortable.
sycosis (barber's itch)
(Historical) The flogging of a paralyzed limb, etc. with nettles for the stimulating effect produced
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To be very eager:
Hunger is defined as wanting something.
To move or impel to action, effort, or speed; spur.
To have a yen (for); long; yearn
hate (antonym)
A strong feeling of dislike or ill will; hatred
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dislike (antonym)
The definition of a dislike is a feeling of not liking someone or something.
A natural attraction; affinity
The thing desired or longed for
The definition of concupiscence is a strong desire such as lust.
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Erotic quality or character
Eroticism.
Lechery, lustfulness, the state of being libidinous
Libidinousness, the state of being lustful
The object of any strong desire or fondness
an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch
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To damage or injure in such a way as to make useless, valueless, etc.; destroy
To move (an object or objects) firmly along a surface, especially repeatedly:
yeuk
(Scotland) itch, a prickly feeling
(Often followed by for or after) A strong, restless desire, longing, or mental inclination.
To feel deep pity, sympathy, or tenderness:
irritation (related)
(Physiology) The elicitation of a response to a stimulus in a plant or animal organ or tissue, especially in a nerve or muscle.
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To rub or scrape the skin lightly, as with the fingernails, to relieve itching, etc.
sex (related)
Either of two divisions, male and female, into which most sexually reproducing organisms are grouped. Sex is usually determined by anatomy, the makeup of the sex chromosomes, and the type and amount of hormones produced. When the sex of an organism is determined by the sex chromosomes, males and females are generally produced in equal numbers. In other organisms, such as bees and wasps, in which females develop from fertilized eggs and males develop from unfertilized eggs, distribution of the sexes is unequal.
redness (related)
soreness (related)
itchy (related)
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sore (related)
ache (related)
cough (related)
cramp (related)
swelling (related)
Find another word for itch. In this page you can discover 75 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for itch, like: tingling, crawling, scabbiness, yearning, prickle, tingle, rawness, tickle, psora, craving and creep.
