VERB | perception | itch, rub, scratch | scrape or rub as if to relieve itching |
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perception | itch | have or perceive an itch | |
perception | itch | cause to perceive an itch | |
emotion | itch, spoil | have a strong desire or urge to do something | |
NOUN | state | itch, scabies | a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite |
feeling | itch, urge | a strong restless desire | |
cognition | itch, itchiness, itching | an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch |
Sounds | ih'ch | |
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Rhymes | backstitch ... witch: 27 rhymes with ihch... |
Meaning | A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation. | |
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Example | "he has a bad case of the itch" | |
Synonym | scabies | |
Broader | infection | The pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms |
Spanish | escabiosis, sarna | |
Catalan | ronya, sarna | |
Verbs | itch | have or perceive an itch |
itch | scrape or rub as if to relieve itching |
Meaning | A strong restless desire. | |
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Synonym | urge | |
Broader | desire | The feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state |
Spanish | ansia | |
Verbs | itch | have a strong desire or urge to do something |
Meaning | An irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch. | |
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Synonyms | itchiness, itching | |
Narrower | pruritus | An intense itching sensation that can have various causes (as by allergies or infection or lymphoma or jaundice etc.) |
Broader | cutaneous sensation, haptic sensation, skin sensation | A sensation localized on the skin |
Spanish | comezón, escozor, picazón, picor, prurito | |
Catalan | picor, pruïja | |
Adjectives | itchy | causing an irritating / irritating cutaneous sensation |
Verbs | itch | have or perceive an itch |
itch | scrape or rub as if to relieve itching |
Meaning | scrape or rub as if to relieve itching. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | rub, scratch | |
Broader | irritate | excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame |
Spanish | frotar, picar, rascar, restregar | |
Catalan | fregar-se, rascar, refregar-se | |
Nouns | itch | an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch |
itch | a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite |
Meaning | Have or perceive an itch. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something ----s somebody; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody's (body part) ----s | |
Example | "I'm itching--the air is so dry!" | |
Narrower | tickle, titillate, vellicate | touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
tingle, prickle | Cause a stinging or tingling sensation | |
Broader | ache, smart, hurt | Be the source of pain |
Spanish | escocer, picar | |
Catalan | coure, picar, pruir | |
Nouns | itch, itching | an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch |
itch | a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite |
Meaning | Cause to perceive an itch. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Example | "his skin itched" | |
Spanish | picar | |
Catalan | picar |
Meaning | Have a strong desire or urge to do something. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | |
Example | "She is itching to start the project" | |
Synonym | spoil | |
Broader | desire, want | Feel or have a desire for |
Nouns | itch | a strong restless desire |
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