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itchy

[ich-ee] / ˈɪtʃ i /
ADJECTIVE
itching
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"A mouse can't say that it's itchy," Duan said.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

Not only do they drive residents nuts with itchy bites, but they can carry a number of potentially serious diseases, including dengue, Zika, chikungunya and yellow fever.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2026

Jurors at Nix's trial heard how she had initially claimed in 1978 that Andrea had taken a bath on her own, and later complained of "itchy legs" before fainting.

From BBC May 26, 2026

Women are now pursuing treatment for symptoms like hot flashes, brain fog, insomnia and dry, itchy skin.

From MarketWatch May 12, 2026

It’s like this family can’t stop picking at me like some itchy scab.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

Scratch that bite now, and it only gets itchier later.

From Slate Mar. 8, 2022

Even our backyards’ poison ivy is getting stronger and itchier.

From Washington Post Oct. 27, 2021

The researchers surmised that increased levels of CO2 in coming decades would lead to bigger, faster growing, and itchier poison ivy plants.

From Salon Jul. 29, 2021

Still, this paragraph made me feel itchier than the rest.

From The Guardian Sep. 16, 2019

The white stockings are new though, and even itchier than the brown ones I wear to school.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Musk had the biggest wallet, and the itchiest tweeting finger, and the widest eyes.

From Slate Sep. 30, 2022

As a result, investors are equipped with the itchiest trigger fingers ever in one of the touchiest periods in history.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 18, 2012

Even after all these years, Eddie Rickenbacker, 77, the World War I flying ace, still has the itchiest trigger finger in the West.

From Time Magazine Archive

This bum, memorably played by Donald Pleasence, is the smelliest, itchiest, un-deloused scamp ever plucked from the rim of a rubbish barrel.

From Time Magazine Archive

“I’m itchy all over. I’m the itchiest in the world.”

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill




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