itchy
18
2.1
- adjective
- /ˈɪtʃi/
:
inquieto
- After sitting still for too long, I felt itchy and restless, eager to move around.
- get itchy
- feel itchy
- very itchy
They're never content, they are always itchy.
- They're never content, they are always itchy.
- So the answer is I'm not sure which is again, for all the fucking hoopla when I was doing it, like even I'm actually kind of itchy to buy some shit.
- And I hope it's an object lesson for anyone on the left who has such an itchy trigger finger.
- And so when that's on, again, it's an itchy experience.
Examples
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- We're all a little itchy.
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I don't blame her for getting itchy.
Fiction book (1991) -
The men trade itchy looks.
Fiction book (1997) -
Your car seats are making me itchy, man.
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It's making me a little itchy.
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The sun and breeze around this time of the year are dazzling enough to give people itchy feet.
Blog text (9) -
Debbie Yong is a former newspaper journalist whose bad case of itchy feet has brought her across continents in search of an education.
Blog text (15) -
The travel addiction has not been so easy to break, but since I like my job and since my employer is terminally itchy, he has often been pleased to take advantage of my weakness.
Fiction book (2002) -
Whatever the case, he was definitely sensing radiation from the burning accordion floors not far away—an itchy, uneasy chill.
Fiction book (2002) -
He always gets itchy when he has to stay in one place for too long during meetings.
Synonyms
110
3.0
Not able to relax and stay still because of worry or boredom
25
7.0
Being nervous and unable to keep still
8
4.8
Unable to stay still because you feel nervous
4
6.6
Feeling worried and unable to relax
1
9.9
Very nervous and unable to stay still because of worry or excitement
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
How Restless
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word itchy comes from the same old English word itch, meaning 'to scratch' or a small 'tickle', and people used that skin tickle as a picture for a restless feeling. So if you feel itchy in this way, you are nervous or 'wanting to move', like having 'itchy feet'.