ITCHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does itchy mean? 

• ITCHY (adjective)
  The adjective ITCHY has 2 senses:

1. nervous and unable to relax

2. causing an irritating cutaneous sensation; being affect with an itch

  Familiarity information: ITCHY used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ITCHY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Nervous and unable to relax

Synonyms:

antsy; fidgety; fretful; itchy

Context example:

a restless child

Similar:

tense (in or of a state of physical or nervous tension)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Causing an irritating cutaneous sensation; being affect with an itch

Context example:

he had an itchy toe from the mosquito bite

Similar:

painful (causing physical or psychological pain)

Derivation:

itch; itchiness (an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch)

 Context examples 

To soothe itchy skin, you can try cold compresses, lotions and lukewarm baths.

(Itching, NIH)

Lanolin is used in moisturizing creams and lotions to treat dry, itchy skin.

(Lanolin, NCI Dictionary)

Any of a group of T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas that begins in the skin as an itchy, red rash that can thicken or form a tumor.

(cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, NCI Dictionary)

It is not dangerous, but most types cause red, swollen and itchy skin.

(Eczema, NIH)

They turn into blisters, become itchy and painful, and then heal.

(Genital Herpes, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

They are often itchy, but scratching them can spread the sores.

(Impetigo, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

A cough and cold preparation is usually administered orally to relieve symptoms of the cold, flu or allergy, such as cough, congestion, itchy, watery eyes, runny nose, sore throat and fever.

(Cough and Cold Preparation, NCI Thesaurus)

The main symptom of measles is an itchy skin rash.

(Measles, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Words used to describe itchy pain include 'like poison oak' and 'like a mosquito bite.'

(NPS - Tell Us How Itchy Your Pain Feels, NCI Thesaurus)

Children with atopic dermatitis develop patches of dry, itchy, scaly skin caused by allergic inflammation.

(Scientists identify unique subtype of eczema linked to food allergy, National Institutes of Health)