Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

itchy

[ich-ee] / ˈɪtʃ i /
ADJECTIVE
itching
Synonyms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

A mosquito researcher offers tips and tricks to avoid leaving the trail with itchy red bumps from our local bloodsuckers.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

"A mouse can't say that it's itchy," Duan said.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

Scabies is an itchy rash caused by mites and should be treated quickly to stop it spreading.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

For several weeks, I had an itchy bump on the back of my scalp.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

I am itchy to get out and find Ronan, but Grammy won’t let me go.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

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

A year into the shutdown, one’s finger on the keyboard pause button gets itchier by the day.

From Washington Post Mar. 26, 2021

I usually get a contact rash when I’m near smokers and it gets on my clothes, so I have to shower immediately upon returning home before the rash gets itchier.

From Slate May 4, 2020

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




Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training