Itchy
adjective
Having or creating an irritating sensation on the skin that makes you want to scratch.
These wool sweaters are too itchy to wear.
Often appears as...
- itchy skin
- itchy sweater
adjective
Eager or restless to do something.
He is itchy to start his new project.
Often appears as...
- itchy to start
- itchy for change
adjective
Having a strong wish to do or have something, especially something wrong or unwise.
She had itchy fingers and longed to steal the diamonds.
Often appears as...
- itchy fingers
- itchy palms
Usage tips
Idiomatic
adjective
Making you feel slightly nervous, worried, or uncomfortable.
Her laugh is really itchy; it just makes me uncomfortable.
Often appears as...
- itchy feeling
- itchy situation
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
adjective
Having or creating an irritating sensation on the skin that makes you want to scratch.
These wool sweaters are too itchy to wear.
Often appears as...
- itchy skin
- itchy sweater
adjective
Eager or restless to do something.
He is itchy to start his new project.
Often appears as...
- itchy to start
- itchy for change
adjective
Having a strong wish to do or have something, especially something wrong or unwise.
She had itchy fingers and longed to steal the diamonds.
Often appears as...
- itchy fingers
- itchy palms
Usage tips
Idiomatic
adjective
Making you feel slightly nervous, worried, or uncomfortable.
Her laugh is really itchy; it just makes me uncomfortable.
Often appears as...
- itchy feeling
- itchy situation
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Common Trigger
Think of things that often cause itching, like wool or allergies, when you see 'itchy'.
I need to take off this itchy scarf.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Sensation
Itchy is used to describe something physical that causes an urge to scratch.
This itchy rash is driving me crazy.
Pro Tip 1/2Common Trigger
Think of things that often cause itching, like wool or allergies, when you see 'itchy'.
I need to take off this itchy scarf.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Sensation
Itchy is used to describe something physical that causes an urge to scratch.
This itchy rash is driving me crazy.
Pro Tip 1/2Common Trigger
Think of things that often cause itching, like wool or allergies, when you see 'itchy'.
I need to take off this itchy scarf.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Sensation
Itchy is used to describe something physical that causes an urge to scratch.
This itchy rash is driving me crazy.
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The loathsome, lethal...
but they all share one insidious they suck blood, and they're really, really good at sucking blood. Here's how they do it. After landing, a mosquito will slather some saliva onto the victim's skin, which works like an antiseptic, numbing the spot so we don't notice their attack. This is what causes the itchy, red bumps, by the way. Then the bug will use its serrated mandibles
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How to Design Mosquitoes...
And sometimes, we can be a bit unlucky like that. But it's also important to remember that mosquitoes, when they bite, can not only create an itchy red lump on our skin, but they can also make us sick. They can transmit pathogens that make us sick. But mosquitoes aren’t flying around,
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Safari Live - Day 249 PIPE...
scratch itself hopefully don't bring that phone tree down and if you're going to see an thorn tree you can see it has been eating little bits my elephant so that one is a very important tree to the Elly's and of course like now it comes in very handy for very itchy Buffalo
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Why do we itch? - Emma...
Histamine also activates the nerves involved in itching, which is why bug bites make you scratch. But the itchy sensation itself isn't yet fully understood. In fact, much of what we do know comes from studying the mechanics of itching in mice.
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Khadija Gbla: My...
She said, "Well, if you were not circumcised, you would get itchy down there. Women who are not circumcised get itchy all the time. Then they sleep around with everybody. You are not going to sleep around with anybody." And I thought,
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Safari Live - Day 182 PIPE...
Fergus we've got a raiding party of ants absolutely obliterating a small colony of harvester termites emesis and just makes her feel very itchy but I'm not surprised about that I dislike these little scenes and it's because I've
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Safari Live - Day 296 PIPE...
blade of grass up your nose in your ear you itchy because you having a skin reaction to it or maybe it's just me grass is never as comfortable as you think it is or maybe some in different parts of the world you've got some
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Andy Hobsbawm: Do the...
You know, rather than drive today, I'm going to walk. And so he walked, and as he walked he saw things. Strange and wonderful things he would not otherwise have seen. A deer with an itchy leg. A flying motorcycle.
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Why do people have...
this explosion of new life probably inspires more dread than joy. Step outside, and within minutes, you're sneezing and congested. Your nose is running, your eyes are swollen and watery, your throat is itchy.
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Safari Live - Day 178 PIPE...
know there must be some really itchy bits in the toes there the tongue of a lion is very rough like sandpaper so it's very helpful in getting those itchy
Video examples
The loathsome, lethal...
but they all share one insidious they suck blood, and they're really, really good at sucking blood. Here's how they do it. After landing, a mosquito will slather some saliva onto the victim's skin, which works like an antiseptic, numbing the spot so we don't notice their attack. This is what causes the itchy, red bumps, by the way. Then the bug will use its serrated mandibles
Video examples
How to Design Mosquitoes...
And sometimes, we can be a bit unlucky like that. But it's also important to remember that mosquitoes, when they bite, can not only create an itchy red lump on our skin, but they can also make us sick. They can transmit pathogens that make us sick. But mosquitoes aren’t flying around,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 249 PIPE...
scratch itself hopefully don't bring that phone tree down and if you're going to see an thorn tree you can see it has been eating little bits my elephant so that one is a very important tree to the Elly's and of course like now it comes in very handy for very itchy Buffalo
Video examples
Why do we itch? - Emma...
Histamine also activates the nerves involved in itching, which is why bug bites make you scratch. But the itchy sensation itself isn't yet fully understood. In fact, much of what we do know comes from studying the mechanics of itching in mice.
Video examples
Khadija Gbla: My...
She said, "Well, if you were not circumcised, you would get itchy down there. Women who are not circumcised get itchy all the time. Then they sleep around with everybody. You are not going to sleep around with anybody." And I thought,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 182 PIPE...
Fergus we've got a raiding party of ants absolutely obliterating a small colony of harvester termites emesis and just makes her feel very itchy but I'm not surprised about that I dislike these little scenes and it's because I've
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 296 PIPE...
blade of grass up your nose in your ear you itchy because you having a skin reaction to it or maybe it's just me grass is never as comfortable as you think it is or maybe some in different parts of the world you've got some
Video examples
Andy Hobsbawm: Do the...
You know, rather than drive today, I'm going to walk. And so he walked, and as he walked he saw things. Strange and wonderful things he would not otherwise have seen. A deer with an itchy leg. A flying motorcycle.
Video examples
Why do people have...
this explosion of new life probably inspires more dread than joy. Step outside, and within minutes, you're sneezing and congested. Your nose is running, your eyes are swollen and watery, your throat is itchy.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 178 PIPE...
know there must be some really itchy bits in the toes there the tongue of a lion is very rough like sandpaper so it's very helpful in getting those itchy
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Quote examples
Kourtney Kardashian
American Celebrity
The first thing I do when I'm shopping is touch everything to see if it's itchy. I remember my mom used to put me in the itchiest clothes ever, and I was traumatized by it, so I won't wear anything itchy now.
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Eric Brown
Writer
The inspiration to write? Perhaps it's not so much inspiration, as a NEED to write. I get itchy and guilty and dissatisfied when I haven't written for a while. Ideas come to me and need to be written down.
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Britney Spears
American Singer
I'm a hometown girl, and my personality at home is the opposite of the performer in me. But then, when I'm home and haven't done anything for a while, I get really itchy and nervous and weird-feeling.
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Herb Alpert
American Musician
The reaction to this album has just been fabulous around the world... and I've had offers to perform from around the world and I'm tempted to do it. I've got itchy lips.
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Gilbert Arenas
American Athlete
I know it's hard when guys leave the game. They're sitting there analyzing, and they're getting itchy.
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Engelbert Humperdinck
English Musician
If I'm off the road, I get itchy feet. It's my work, my job.
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Paolo Nutini
Scottish Musician
When I've got time off, my feet get itchy really quickly.
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Amy Poehler
American Comedian
I get a little itchy if I don't have some control.
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Levon Helm
American Musician
If things are going slow, I'm itchy.
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Mo Rocca
American Writer
Homemade sweaters are always itchy.
Quote examples
Kourtney Kardashian
American Celebrity
The first thing I do when I'm shopping is touch everything to see if it's itchy. I remember my mom used to put me in the itchiest clothes ever, and I was traumatized by it, so I won't wear anything itchy now.
Quote examples
Eric Brown
Writer
The inspiration to write? Perhaps it's not so much inspiration, as a NEED to write. I get itchy and guilty and dissatisfied when I haven't written for a while. Ideas come to me and need to be written down.
Quote examples
Britney Spears
American Singer
I'm a hometown girl, and my personality at home is the opposite of the performer in me. But then, when I'm home and haven't done anything for a while, I get really itchy and nervous and weird-feeling.
Quote examples
Herb Alpert
American Musician
The reaction to this album has just been fabulous around the world... and I've had offers to perform from around the world and I'm tempted to do it. I've got itchy lips.
Quote examples
Gilbert Arenas
American Athlete
I know it's hard when guys leave the game. They're sitting there analyzing, and they're getting itchy.
Quote examples
Engelbert Humperdinck
English Musician
If I'm off the road, I get itchy feet. It's my work, my job.
Quote examples
Paolo Nutini
Scottish Musician
When I've got time off, my feet get itchy really quickly.
Quote examples
Amy Poehler
American Comedian
I get a little itchy if I don't have some control.
Quote examples
Levon Helm
American Musician
If things are going slow, I'm itchy.
Quote examples
Mo Rocca
American Writer
Homemade sweaters are always itchy.
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