itchiness
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- noun
- /ˈɪtʃɪnəs/
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- Generic Clarinex is confirmed and approved to cure the continuous itchiness and allergy due to cities and hypersensitive bronchial asthma.
Ear wax can act as a lubricator that prevents ear dryness and itchiness.
- Ear wax can act as a lubricator that prevents ear dryness and itchiness.
Examples
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In the short term, a raised blood sugar may do very little harm, although if it is very raised, then symptoms of thirst, itchiness, polyuria, and skin and urinary infections may result.
Academic text (2012) -
To relieve the itchiness of bug bites, apply an anti-itch cream.
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I mean the itchiness between my fingers and toes and just everywhere really.
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In comparison, her own itchiness didn't seem like such a big problem.
Fiction book (2002) -
The warmth in which the sheet had wrapped her was now an irritating itchiness.
Fiction book (1996) -
The addition of an antiseptic such as ethyl alcohol helps prevent itchiness and also serves as a drying agent.
Academic text (2006) -
Some young and older children experienced pain, emotional upset with vomiting (sometimes the result of medication administration), and itchiness owing to the cast.
Academic text (2005) -
Lastly, anal psoriasis is red, non-scaly, and prone to itchiness.
Blog text (18) -
And so is your skin, as it quickly takes on a dull, sandpapery appearance, while torturing you with a tightness and itchiness your current moisture collection is unprepared to handle.
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Probably due to extreme irritation from the bites and lack of sleep... now, after a bit of research, I find it's not a simple case of applying some bug spray and a little topical cream to relieve itchiness.
Blog text (3)
Synonyms
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1.0
An uncomfortable, tickling feeling on the skin that makes you want to scratch
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2.0
An unpleasant feeling on the skin that makes you want to scratch
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9.9
A strong itchy feeling on the skin that makes you want to scratch
Antonyms
How Uncomfortable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word itchiness comes from the simple word itch, which means 'to want to scratch', and the ending -ness, which means 'a state'. So, itchiness is the state of feeling you want to scratch.