Synonyms for itching

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ich-ing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪtʃ ɪŋ

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Définition of itching

Origin : Old English gicce, from giccan (v.) "to itch" (see itch (v.)). Sense of "restless desire" is first attested 1530s; itching in this sense is from mid-14c.

verb scratch; tingle
verb desire strongly

Example sentences :

The boys, at least, had been itching for something like this ever since the trouble started.
Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower

The news stimulated him, and in a little while he was itching to write again.
Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine

Since you have told me their plans I am itching to get at them.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various

He was itching to talk about books and make the most of his romantic hour.
Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster

I am itching all ofer with iteas, as if I were living in a bag of vleas.
Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray

I could see he was itching to let me have it, but he was too foxy to show it.
Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service

When you have hooked an Itching trout, you first scratch him, and then cook him.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 8, 1893 » by Various

And as they waited an itching came at the palm of McGurk's hand.
Extract from : « Riders of the Silences » by John Frederick

This is no trick—I know you are itching to get into Oklahoma.
Extract from : « The Boy Land Boomer » by Ralph Bonehill

He was just itching to know all about Big White Bear's big fights.
Extract from : « Little White Fox and his Arctic Friends » by Roy J. Snell

Antonyms for itching

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