Antonyms for itch
ɪtʃitch

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1. • Ache
   • Irritate

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1. scabies, itchnoun

   a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation

   "he has a bad case of the itch"

   Synonyms:
   itchiness, itching, urge, scabies

2. urge, itchnoun

   a strong restless desire

   "why this urge to travel?"

   Synonyms:
   impulse, itchiness, itching, urge, scabies

3. itch, itchiness, itchingverb

   an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch

   Synonyms:
   urge, itchiness, itching, scabies

4. rub, scratch, itchverb

   scrape or rub as if to relieve itching

   "Don't scratch your insect bites!"

   Synonyms:
   call off, scrape up, expunge, spoil, fret, grave, strike, chafe, come up, scratch, cancel, inscribe, engrave, scrub, scrape, fray, excise, scratch up, rub

5. itchverb

   have or perceive an itch

   "I'm itching--the air is so dry!"

   Synonyms:
   scratch, spoil, rub

6. itchverb

   cause to perceive an itch

   "his skin itched"

   Synonyms:
   scratch, spoil, rub

7. itch, spoilverb

   have a strong desire or urge to do something

   "She is itching to start the project"; "He is spoiling for a fight"

   Synonyms:
   pamper, frustrate, scotch, botch, bilk, baby, bungle, muck up, impair, mishandle, bumble, plunder, botch up, foil, blow, go bad, screw up, rub, fumble, vitiate, flub, rape, thwart, featherbed, ball up, bollocks, baffle, mess up, despoil, deflower, scratch, louse up, bollocks up, mar, indulge, spoil, muff, violate, cocker, foul up, cross, fluff, mollycoddle, bobble, coddle, bollix up, cosset, bollix, corrupt, bodge

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1. itchnoun

   Synonyms:
   psora, scabies, prurigo, sycosis (barber's itch), eczema, pruriency

How to use itch in a sentence?

1. Hunter Handsfield:

   Maybe there's a little discharge, a little itch, it's easy for a woman to think it's a yeast infection and self-treat while the chlamydia is climbing up into her fallopian tubes.

2. Mary Jane Minkin:

   If you have a persistent itch, I would say it’s worth seeing a doctor about it.

3. Raymond Chandler:

   There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch. On nights like that every booze party ends in a fight. Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husbands' necks. Anything can happen.

4. Dan Savage:

   A wife discovers her husband is into Asian bondage stuff. ' Is that who he is ? Is he a kinky person ? I don't know him anymore !' we have a hard-wired desire for variety. Porn allows you to scratch that itch without physically cheating on your partner.

5. Werner Schulz:

   To start from Scratch....One must have an Itch

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