| VERB | perception | itch, rub, scratch | scrape or rub as if to relieve itching |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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