itchy
Meanings
Adjective Satellite
- nervous and unable to relax
- causing an irritating cutaneous sensation; being affect with an itch
- "he had an itchy toe from the mosquito bite"
Adj
- Characterized by itching. (of a condition)
- Feeling an itching sensation; feeling a need to be scratched. (of a person, animal or body part)
- Causing an itching sensation.
- In a state of agitation; easily alarmed.
- Having a constant, teasing desire (for something, to do something); impatiently eager.
- Causing a constant, teasing desire for something.
- Feeling or showing a high level of sexual interest.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English *yicchy, *ȝicchi, from Old English ġiċċiġ (“itchy”), equivalent to itch + -y. Cognate with Scots yeukie (“itchy”), West Frisian jokkerich (“itchy”), Dutch jeukachtig and jeukerig (“itchy”).
Synonyms
antsy, anxious, fidgety, fretful, itching, jittery, jumpy, lascivious, lecherous, lustful, nervous, on edge, pruritic, scratchy
Scrabble Score: 13
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