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Itch

To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected.

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Broader term 13

Ache 76% connected

A name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley.

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Cause 76% connected

That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.

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Desire 76% connected

To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.

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Get 76% connected

Jet, the mineral.

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have 76% connected

of Have

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Hurt 76% connected

A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.

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Induce 76% connected

To lead in; to introduce.

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Infection 76% connected

The act or process of infecting.

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Irritate 76% connected

To render null and void.

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Smart 76% connected

To feel a lively, pungent local pain; -- said of some part of the body as the seat of irritation; as, my finger smarts; these wounds smart.

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Stimulate 76% connected

To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…

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Want 76% connected

The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of p…

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Manner of action 5

Prickle 76% connected

A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the bark of a plant, etc.; a spine.

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Tickle 76% connected

To touch lightly, so as to produce a peculiar thrilling sensation, which commonly causes laughter, and a kind of spasm which become dengerous if too…

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Tingle 76% connected

To feel a kind of thrilling sensation, as in hearing a shrill sound.

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Titillate 76% connected

To tickle; as, to titillate the nose with a feather.

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Vellicate 76% connected

To twitch; to cause to twitch convulsively.

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Pruritus 76% connected

Itching.

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Derivationally related 14

Excoriation 74% connected

The act of excoriating or flaying, or state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion.

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Excoriation 74% connected

The act of excoriating or flaying, or state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion.

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Itchy 74% connected

Infected with the itch, or with an itching sensation.

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Itchy 74% connected

Infected with the itch, or with an itching sensation.

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Rub 74% connected

To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something moving back…

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Rub 74% connected

To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something moving back…

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Scabies 74% connected

The itch.

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Scabies 74% connected

The itch.

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Scratcher 74% connected

One who, or that which, scratches; specifically (Zool.), any rasorial bird.

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Scratcher 74% connected

One who, or that which, scratches; specifically (Zool.), any rasorial bird.

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Urge 74% connected

To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.

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Urge 74% connected

To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.

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Synonym 7

Itchiness 92% connected

The state of being itchy.

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Itching 92% connected

of Itch

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Rub 92% connected

To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something moving back…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Scabies 92% connected

The itch.

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Scratch 92% connected

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

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Spoil 92% connected

To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Urge 92% connected

To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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