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Itchy

Infected with the itch, or with an itching sensation.

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Similar meaning 4

Painful 84% connected

Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing.

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Painful 84% connected

Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Tense 84% connected

One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modi…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Tense 84% connected

One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modi…

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Derivationally related 4

Itch 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Itch 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Itchiness 74% connected

The state of being itchy.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Itchiness 74% connected

The state of being itchy.

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Synonym 3

Fidgety 92% connected

Restless; uneasy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fretful 92% connected

Disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation; as, a fretful temper.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Restless 92% connected

Never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; as, a restless child.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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