Word Study
itchy
CIDE DICTIONARY
itchy, a.
- Infected with the itch. Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- Having an itching sensation. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
itchy, adj. (itchier, itchiest) having or causing an itch.
Idiom
have itchy feet colloq.
1 be restless.
2 have a strong urge to travel.
1 be restless.
2 have a strong urge to travel.
Derivative
itchiness n.
THESAURUS
itchy
acquisitive, agape, agog, all agog, allergic, anaphylactic, burning with curiosity, consumed with curiosity, curious, delicate, desirous, empathetic, empathic, ghoulish, goosy, gossipy, grabby, grasping, greedy, hyperesthetic, hyperpathic, hypersensitive, inquiring, inquisitive, interested, irritable, itching, morbid, morbidly curious, nervous, open-eyed, openmouthed, overcurious, overrefined, oversensible, oversensitive, overtender, passible, prehensile, prickly, prurient, quizzical, refined, responsive, scopophiliac, sensitive, skittish, supercurious, supersensitive, sympathetic, tactful, tender, tetchy, thin-skinned, ticklish, touchy, voyeuristicFor further exploring for "itchy" in Webster Dictionary Online