- having or producing an itch on the skin
- an itchy nose/rash
- I feel itchy all over.
Synonyms painfulpainfulsore ▪ raw ▪ inflamed ▪ excruciating ▪ burning ▪ itchyThese words all describe something that causes you physical pain.painful causing you physical pain. Painful can describe a part of the body, illness, injury, treatment or death: Is your knee still painful? • a series of painful injections • a slow and painful death sore (of a part of the body) painful and often red, especially because of infection or because a muscle has been used too much:- a sore throat
- Their feet were sore after hours of walking.
- The skin on her feet had been rubbed raw.
- The wound had become inflamed.
- She felt a burning sensation in her throat.
- an itchy rash
- I feel itchy all over.
- sore/inflamed/itchy eyes
- raw/inflamed/itchy skin
- a painful/an excruciating death
- a painful/burning sensation
- excruciating/burning pain
Oxford Collocations DictionaryItchy is used with these nouns:- rash
- scalp
- skin
- …
Idioms
See itchy in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryget/have itchy feet
- (informal) to want to travel or move to a different place; to want to do something different
- After a few years in one place, I get itchy feet.
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