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itchy

[ich-ee] / ˈɪtʃ i /
ADJECTIVE
itching
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"A mouse can't say that it's itchy," Duan said.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

For several weeks, I had an itchy bump on the back of my scalp.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

During the 1978 inquest investigation, Nix had initially claimed Andrea took a bath on her own and later complained of itchy legs before fainting, jurors heard.

From BBC Jun. 19, 2026

Women are now pursuing treatment for symptoms like hot flashes, brain fog, insomnia and dry, itchy skin.

From MarketWatch May 12, 2026

Except instead of little itchy red dots, I hear Mom and Sam in my head.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle

The researchers surmised that increased levels of CO2 in coming decades would lead to bigger, faster growing, and itchier poison ivy plants.

From Salon Jul. 29, 2021

A year into the shutdown, one’s finger on the keyboard pause button gets itchier by the day.

From Washington Post Mar. 26, 2021

I usually get a contact rash when I’m near smokers and it gets on my clothes, so I have to shower immediately upon returning home before the rash gets itchier.

From Slate May 4, 2020

Still, this paragraph made me feel itchier than the rest.

From The Guardian Sep. 16, 2019

The white stockings are new though, and even itchier than the brown ones I wear to school.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Musk had the biggest wallet, and the itchiest tweeting finger, and the widest eyes.

From Slate Sep. 30, 2022

As a result, investors are equipped with the itchiest trigger fingers ever in one of the touchiest periods in history.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 18, 2012

Even after all these years, Eddie Rickenbacker, 77, the World War I flying ace, still has the itchiest trigger finger in the West.

From Time Magazine Archive

This bum, memorably played by Donald Pleasence, is the smelliest, itchiest, un-deloused scamp ever plucked from the rim of a rubbish barrel.

From Time Magazine Archive

“I’m itchy all over. I’m the itchiest in the world.”

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill




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