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itchy

[ich-ee] / ˈɪtʃ i /
ADJECTIVE
itching
Synonyms


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Those stocks appear to be burning a hole in your pocket, but it’s not always wise to scratch itchy feet, as this Moneyist reader discovered.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

"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

The wool of my sweater feels itchy against my neck.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Scratch that bite now, and it only gets itchier later.

From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2022

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

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

From The Guardian ● Sep. 16, 2019

The more Jinny thought about it, the itchier she felt.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder

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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