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Definition: Itching |
ItchingNoun1. An irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "itching" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Synonyms: ItchingSynonyms: itch (n), itchiness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Desire | Phrase: the wish being father to the thought; sua cuique voluptas; hoc erat in votis, the mouth watering, the fingers itching; aut Caesar aut nullus. |
Edge of appe edge of hunger; torment of Tantalus; sweet tooth, lickerish tooth; itching palm; longing eye, wistful eye, sheep's eye. | |
Appe appetition, appetence, appetency; sharp appetite, keenness, hunger, stomach, twist; thirst, thirstiness; drouth, mouthwatering; itch, itching; prurience, cacoethes, cupidity, lust, concupiscence. | |
Excitability | Noun: excitability, impetuosity, vehemence; boisterousness; Adjective: turbulence; impatience, intolerance, nonendurance; irritability; (irascibility); itching; (desire); wincing; disquiet, disquietude; restlessness; fidgets, fidgetiness; agitation; (irregular motion). |
Parsimony | Drive a bargain, drive a hard bargain; cheapen, beat down; stop one hole in a sieve; have an itching palm, grasp, grab. |
Sensations of Touch | Adjective: itching. Verb: stereognostic,Adjective: itching. Verb: stereognostic, titillative. |
Noun: itching, pruritis. formication, aura; stereognosis. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Itching |
| English words defined with "itching": acute, antipruritic ♦ Bricklayer's itch ♦ calamine lotion, Courap, Cowhage ♦ Grocer's itch ♦ intense, itch, Itchless ♦ lousiness ♦ mange ♦ paraesthesia, paresthesia, pediculosis, Prairie itch, Prickly heat, prurigo, pruritus, pruritus ani, pruritus vulvae ♦ ringworm, roundworm, rub ♦ scabies, scrapie, scratch ♦ tinea. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "itching": Anal Fissure, Antipruritics ♦ CALONYCTION ACULEATUM, COW ITCH ♦ dermatitis herpetiformis, DIALYANTHERA OTOBA, Duhring disease ♦ hair-and-scalp specialist, Herpes Gestationis, herpetiformis ♦ Itching Ears, Itching of the Lips, Itching of the Nose, Itching of the Thumb, Itching Palm ♦ jeweler's rouge ♦ mal rouge, Mano de tigre ♦ Paget's disease of the nipple, Palm ♦ red disease ♦ scalp specialist, SCALP-TREATMENT OPERATOR ♦ trichologist ♦ Vasculitis, Allergic Cutaneous. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "itching": Vermination. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | What are you itching about (Women in Revolt; writing credit: Paul Morrissey) | |
Lyrics | And I'm itching for the hood when I cross the states I roam (Ain't No Place Like Home; performing artist: Prince) | |
Tongue Twisters | Inchworms itching. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Itching Hour (1931) Itching for Revenge (1925) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Varicella or Chickenpox, is an infectious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus, which results in a blister-like rash, itching, tiredness and fever. Credit: CDC. |  | Grin and bear it] His hands are always itching for a pencil and pad .. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Pure itching for scandal |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Unusual vaginal discharge or itching. (references) | |
Draining mucus may also cause itching. (references) | ||
Itching, caused by the an allergic reaction to the bites. (references) | ||
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | PALM, n. A species of tree having several varieties, of which the familiar "itching palm" (Palma hominis) is most widely distributed and sedulously cultivated. This noble vegetable exudes a kind of invisible gum, which may be detected by applying to the bark a piece of gold or silver. The metal will adhere with remarkable tenacity. The fruit of the itching palm is so bitter and unsatisfying that a considerable percentage of it is sometimes given away in what are known as "benefactions." |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Itching" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 76.61% of the time. "Itching" is used about 124 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 76.61% | 95 | 33,629 |
| Noun (singular) | 18.55% | 23 | 72,767 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.42% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 2.42% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 124 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "itching": an itching palm ♦ have an itching palm ♦ have in itching palm ♦ he is itching for a drubbing ♦ itching for trouble ♦ itching palm ♦ itching powder ♦ the fingers itching. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "itching": itching-powder. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
vaginal itching | 274 | cause itching vaginal | 16 |
itching | 262 | hands itching | 16 |
anal itching | 103 | severe itching | 16 |
skin itching | 61 | itching palm | 14 |
itching powder | 45 | itching rash | 13 |
rectal itching | 44 | home itching remedy | 13 |
dog itching | 38 | allegra itching | 13 |
feminine itching | 33 | anus itching | 13 |
sunburn itching | 30 | vulva itching | 12 |
ear itching | 27 | diabetes itching | 12 |
itching pregnancy | 26 | vulvar itching | 12 |
genital itching | 25 | external vaginal itching | 11 |
cause itching | 23 | itching hands and foot | 11 |
itching foot | 22 | itching make powder | 10 |
itching during pregnancy | 20 | itching remedy | 10 |
itching scalp | 18 | chronic itching | 10 |
breast itching | 18 | itching pregnancy vaginal | 10 |
itching penis | 18 | body itching | 9 |
itching vagina | 17 | stop itching | 9 |
burning itching vaginal | 16 | itching cream | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "itching"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | që kruhet. (various references) | |
Arabic | طمع (avidity, cupidity, greed, itching palm, longing, lust for, pretentiousness, rapacity, slaver over), جشع (an itching palm, avarice, avaricious, avidity, cupidity, grasping, greed, greedy, mercenary, predatory, rapacious, rapacity, ravening). (various references) | |
Czech | svrbící. (various references) | |
Danish | pruritus (pruritus). (various references) | |
Dutch | pruritus cutaneus, pruritus (pruritus), prurigo (prurigo), jeuk (itch). (various references) | |
French | prurit (itch). (various references) | |
German | jucken (itch, itchiness), juckreiz (itch), juckend (itchy). (various references) | |
Greek | κνησμός. (various references) | |
Hebrew | עקצוץ (itch). (various references) | |
Hungarian | viszketõ. (various references) | |
Indonesian | keruma (kind of itching mite). (various references) | |
Italian | prurito (itch, pricking, pruritus), prurigo (prurigo), prurigine (prurigo), pizzicore (pricking, prickle, tingle). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 'い (itchy). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | かゆい (itchy). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | itchingay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | que faz comichão (itchy), que come, prurigo (prurigo), prurido (formication, itch, prurience, pruriency, tingle). (various references) | |
Romanian | sete (covetousness, craving, itch, lust, thirst), râios (itchy, mangy, scabby), mâncãrime a pielii, care produce mâncãrime, însetat (athirst, dry, thirsty). (various references) | |
Russian | зудящий (itchy). (various references) | |
Scottish | tachas (itch, scratching). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | svrabež, koji svrbi (itchy). (various references) | |
Spanish | prurito (itch, pruritus), prurigo (prurigo), picazon (itch), hormigueo (pins and needles, pricking, prickling, tingle), hormigueante (seething). (various references) | |
Swedish | klåda (itch, prickle). (various references) | |
Thai | ความปรารถนาอย่างแรงกล้า. (various references) | |
Turkish | istekli (agog, ambitious, anxious, applicant, aspirant, athirst for, cheerful, covetous, dead set, desirous, devout, disposed, eager, enthusiastic, forward, full of zeal, hellbent, inclinable, inclined, intense, intent, itchy, keen, minded, ready, solicitous, strong, thirsty, voracious, willing, wishful, wistful), sinirlendirici (abrasive, aggravating, annoying, irritant, irritating, maddening, vexing), sinir bozucu (frustrating, infuriating, irritating, nerve racking, nerve-wracking, pesky), kaşıntı (itch, itchiness), kaşınma (itch), kaşındıran (irritating, scratchy, stinging), kaşındırıcı (irritating, stinging), kaşınan (itchy, scratchy), hevesli (ambitious, anxious, desirous, eager, earnest, enthusiastic, full of zeal, game, great, greedy, hellbent, intent, itchy, keen, responsive, spirited, studious, zealous). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | що свербить (itchy). (various references) | |
Welsh | ysfa (hankering), enynfa (inflammation), cosi (itch, scratch), cosfa (itch, thrashing). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 2 Timothy Chapter 4, Verse 3 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Estai gar kairoV ote thV ugiainoushV didaskaliaV ouk anexontai alla kata taV epiqumiaV taV idiaV eautoiV episwreusousin didaskalouV knhqomenoi thn akohn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Erit enim tempus cum sanam doctrinam non sustinebunt sed ad sua desideria coacervabunt sibi magistros prurientes auribus |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For tyme schal be, whanne men schulen not suffre hoolsum teching, but at her desiris thei schulen gadere `togidere to hem silf maistris yitchinge to the eeris. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | For the tyme will come when they wyll not suffer wholsome doctryne: but after their awne lustes shall they (whose eares ytche) gett the an heepe of teachers |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For the time will come, when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts will they multiply to themselves teachers, having itching ears; |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For the time will come when they will not take the true teaching; but, moved by their desires, they will get for themselves a great number of teachers for the pleasure of hearing them; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 2 Timothy Chapter 4, Verse 3 |
| Cebuano | Kay nagasingabut ang panahon nga ang mga tawo magadumili sa pagpaminaw sa matarung pagtulon-an, hinonoa aron sa pagtagbaw sa ilang kaugalingong mga pangibog, sila magapaalirong ug mga magtutudlo nga magahapohap kanila sa ilang nanagkatol nga mga dalunggan, |
| Croatian | Jer doæi æe vrijeme kad ljudi neæe podnositi zdrava nauka nego æe sebi po vlastitim požudama nagomilavati uèitelje kako im godi ušima; |
| Danish | Thi den Tid skal komme, da de ikke skulle fordrage den sunde Lære, men efter deres egne Begæringer tage sig selv Lærere i Hobetal, efter hvad der kildrer deres Øren, |
| Dutch | Want er zal een tijd zijn, wanneer zij de gezonde leer niet zullen verdragen; maar kittelachtig zijnde van gehoor, zullen zij zichzelven leraars opgaderen, naar hun eigen begeerlijkheden; |
| Finnish | Sillä aika tulee, jolloin he eivät kärsi tervettä oppia, vaan omien himojensa mukaan korvasyyhyynsä haalivat itselleen opettajia |
| German | Denn es wird eine Zeit sein, da sie die heilsame Lehre nicht leiden werden; sondern nach ihren eigenen Lüsten werden sie sich selbst Lehrer aufladen, nach dem ihnen die Ohren jucken, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sebab akan sampai waktunya orang tidak mau lagi menerima ajaran yang benar. Sebaliknya, mereka akan menuruti keinginan mereka sendiri, dan mengumpulkan banyak guru guna diajarkan hal-hal yang enak didengar di telinga mereka. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena masanya akan datang kelak manakala orang tiada tahan akan pengajaran yang benar; tetapi sebab gatal telinganya hendak mendengar, maka dihimpunkannya guru-guru bagi dirinya menurut hawa nafsunya sendiri, |
| Latvian | Jo nâks laiks, kad veselîgo mâcîbu necietîs, bet tie pçc paðu iegribâm sameklçs sev mâcîtâjus, kas glaimos dzirdei; |
| Maori | Tenei ake hoki te wa e kore ai ratou e whakarongo ki te whakaako tika; heoi, i te mea he taringa minamina o ratou, ka apohia e ratou he kaiwhakaako e rite ana ki o ratou na hiahia. |
| Norwegian | For det skal komme en tid da de ikke skal tåle den sunde lære, men efter sine egne lyster ta sig selv lærere i hopetall, fordi det klør dem i øret, |
| Rumanian | Cqci va veni vremea cknd oamenii nu vor putea sq sufere knvqyqtura sqnqtoasq; ci ki vor gkdila urechile sq audq lucruri plqcute, wi kwi vor da knvqyqtori dupq poftele lor. |
| Shuar | Ukunmanka pénker chichaman nakitrar ii wakeraj Núchik nekaatai tusar, shuar teremak pénker pujuschamnia nekapea aintsan, nankaamas unuimiaru atai tusar, Nánkamas unuikiartinian ti Untsurí eakartatui. |
| Swahili | Utakuja wakati ambapo watu hawatasikiliza mafundisho ya kweli, ila watafuata tamaa zao wenyewe na kujikusanyia walimu tele watakaowaambia mambo yale tu ambayo masikio yao yako tayari kusikia. |
| Uma | Apa' rata mpai' tempo-na, uma-rapa dota mpe'epei tudui' to makono. Mpopali' -ra wori' guru to mpotudui' -ra lolita to mpakagoe' nono-ra, bona ma'ala-ra mpotuku' kahinaa nono-ra moto. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "itching": itchings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "itching": backstitching, bewitching, bitching, ditching, featherstitching, flitching, hemstitching, hitching, lockstitching, outbitching, outpitching, pitching, restitching, snitching, stitching, switching, topstitching, twitching, unhitching, unstitching, whipstitching, witching. (additional references) | |
Words containing "itching": bewitchingly, witchings. (additional references) | |
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"Itching" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bitchings, Ichang, irching, irthing, ithongo, nichtig, Otchizna, teching. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "itching" (pronounced i"khing) |
| 4 | i" kh i ng | ditching, enriching, hitching, pitching, snitching, stitching, switching, twitching, witching. |
| 3 | -kh i ng | approaching, arching, attaching, beaching, belching, bleaching, branching, breaching, broaching, bunching, catching, clinching, clutching, coaching, crouching, crunching, dispatching, drenching, encroaching, entrenching, etching, fetching, flinching, hatching, impeaching, inching, latching, launching, leaching, lunching, lurching, lynching, marching, matching, mulching, munching, overarching, overreaching, patching, pinching, poaching, preaching, punching, quenching, ranching, reaching, researching, retouching, retrenching, scorching, scratching, screeching, searching, sketching, slouching, snatching, squelching, stanching, stretching, teaching, torching, touching, unflinching, vouching, watching, wrenching. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-g-h-i-i-n-t" | |
-1 letter: chitin, citing. | |
-2 letters: icing, night, thing. | |
-3 letters: chin, chit, hint, inch, inti, itch, nigh, thin, ting. | |
-4 letters: chi, cig, ghi, gin, git, hic, hin, hit, ich, nit, nth, tic, tin. | |
-5 letters: hi, in, it, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-g-h-i-i-n-t" | |
+1 letter: bitching, chitling, ditching, hitching, itchings, lichting, pitching, witching. | |
+2 letters: chitlings, flitching, snitching, stitching, switching, twitching, witchings. | |
+3 letters: bewitching, charioting, chastising, chittering, cohabiting, ethicizing, nightstick, outchiding, thickening, unhitching. | |
+4 letters: brachiating, catechizing, christening, dispatching, flichtering, gothicizing, granolithic, haircutting, helicopting, hitchhiking, intrenching, machinating, mismatching, mispatching, misteaching, mistouching, mythicizing, nightsticks, outbitching, outpitching, pitchpoling, restitching, ricocheting, thickenings, unstitching. | |
+5 letters: antilynching, antipoaching, backlighting, bewitchingly, cachinnating, chitchatting, chitterlings, chlorinating, christenings, cockfighting, copyrighting, haircuttings, hemstitching, histogenetic, locksmithing, ornithologic, outachieving, pitchforking, ricochetting, schematizing, scintigraphy, topstitching, trichinizing. | |
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