Itching

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Itch \Itch\ ([i^]ch), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Itched} ([i^]cht); p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Itching}.] [OE. icchen, [yogh]icchen, AS.
     giccan; akin to D. jeuken, joken, G. jucken, OHG. jucchen.]
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     1. To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines
        the person to scratch the part affected.


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              My mouth hath itched all this long day. --Chaucer.
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     2. To have a constant desire or teasing uneasiness; to long
        for; as, itching ears. "An itching palm." --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  itching
       n : an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to
           scratch [syn: {itch}, {itchiness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  135 Moby Thesaurus words for "itching":
     abscess, aching for, ague, an universal wolf, anemia, ankylosis,
     anoxia, apnea, appetence, appetency, appetite, appetition,
     asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, athirst, atrophy, backache, bent on,
     bleeding, blennorhea, cachexia, cachexy, chill, chills, colic,
     concupiscent, constipation, consumed with desire, convulsion,
     coughing, coveting, craving, crazy to, cyanosis, desirous of,
     devoured by desire, diarrhea, dizziness, dropsy, dying for,
     dying to, dysentery, dyspepsia, dyspnea, edema, ejaculatory,
     emaciation, fain of, fainting, fatigue, fervid, fever,
     fibrillation, flux, fond of, goatish, growth, hemorrhage,
     high blood pressure, horny, hot, hot-blooded, hunger, hungering,
     hungry, hydrops, hypertension, hypotension, icterus,
     inclined toward, indigestion, inflammation, insomnia, itch,
     itchiness, itching for, itchy, jaundice, keen on,
     labored breathing, lascivious, leaning toward, libidinous,
     lickerish, low blood pressure, lumbago, lustful, mad on,
     mad with lust, mania, marasmus, nasal discharge, nausea, necrosis,
     orgasmic, orgastic, pain, paralysis, partial to, passionate,
     prurience, pruriency, prurient, pruritus, randy, rash, rheum,
     salacious, sclerosis, seizure, set on, sex-starved, sexual desire,
     sexy, shock, skin eruption, sneezing, sore, spasm, spoiling for,
     steamy, tabes, tachycardia, thirst, thirsting, thirsty, tumor,
     unsatisfied, upset stomach, vertigo, vomiting, wasting, wild to,
     yeuk