Synonyms for itching
itch·ing

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1. itch, itchiness, itchingnoun

   an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch

   Synonyms:
   urge, itch, itchiness, scabies

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1. • Cutaneous Sensation

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1. itchingnoun

   Synonyms:
   itch

2. itchingnoun

   Synonyms:
   craving, longing, strong desire

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1. itchingadjective

   Synonyms:
   tingling, prurient

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1. List of paraphrases for "itching":

   pruritus, itch, itchy, rash

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1. New York:

   Democrats are itching to investigate him on immigration, he will face questions and hearings about the travel ban, about his decision to end DACA, about his decision to revamp the asylum system.

2. Mitch McConnell:

   Our colleagues who are itching for a procedural nuclear winter have not even begun to contemplate how it would look, our colleagues who are itching to drain every drop of collegiality from this body have not even begun to consider how that would work.

3. Mahesh Mistry:

   Lloyd's have supported (Iranian businesses) in the past -- some of them will be itching to get back in.

4. Toni Weiser:

   I felt nothing—just some mild itching, i much prefer radiation to having something dug out of my nose with a scalpel.

5. Jill Waibel:

   The first improvements we usually see in our burn and trauma patients is their itching and their pain is decreased, then a few weeks after the laser, you'll see an improvement in the texture (of the skin.) It'll get smoother. And somewhere in between there, range of motion will improve. We have patients that call us literally the next day to say, 'I can move my arm. I haven't been able to do this in 10 years.'.