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. Tim Lash.Libby Dancy:

   It [ has ] messed me up, messed my system up and everything, with the allergy medicine not taken, I sneeze a lot, my eyes water a lot and itch a lot. I get queasy, and then my asthma kicks in. And then I have to go to the breathing treatments, which are expensive.

2. Wang Chaojun:

   My mother complained about this mole-like growth on her head that itched all the time, we found ways to cure her itch using traditional Chinese medicine, and then left it be.

3. Sherry Ross:

   What happens is women get an itch and think, ‘I must have a yeast infection,’.

4. A-Rock:

   My balls itch...

5. Richard Sirico:

   After all the times I was pinched, I knew every judge in town, i was a tough kid. I always had that itch in my britches to find out who I was. I tested my (courage) every night.

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