Thesaurus: itch

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1. v. i. To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected.
2. v. i. To have a constant desire or teasing uneasiness; to long for; as, itching ears.
3. n. An eruption of small, isolated, acuminated vesicles, produced by the entrance of a parasitic mite (the Sarcoptes scabei), and attended with itching. It is transmissible by contact.
4. n. Any itching eruption.
5. n. A sensation in the skin occasioned (or resembling that occasioned) by the itch eruption; -- called also scabies, psora, etc.
6. n. A constant irritating desire.
7. n. a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation
8. n. a strong restless desire
9. n. an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch
10. v. scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
11. v. have or perceive an itch
12. v. cause to perceive an itch