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# itchy

adjective (itchy, itchier, itchiest)

«itchy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Itchy means you have a feeling on your skin that makes you want to scratch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itchy/#m1)
2. Itchy can describe something that makes your skin itch: an itchy jumper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itchy/#m2)
3. «Itchy feet» means wanting to travel or move on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itchy/#m3)

### In the lessons

In health lessons: mosquito bites, nettle stings, chickenpox, head lice and dry skin can make you itchy; scratching too much can break the skin and let germs in; tell an adult if you get a rash. Phrases: itchy rash, itchy eyes, itchy feet.

### Examples

- The mosquito bite is really itchy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itchy/#x1)
- This wool jumper is itchy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itchy/#x2)
- My eyes are itchy because of hay fever. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itchy/#x3)
- Try not to scratch your itchy spots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itchy/#x4)
- Chickenpox makes you very itchy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itchy/#x5)
- His head was itchy, so he had head lice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itchy/#x6)
- The label on my shirt is itchy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itchy/#x7)
- After a year at home, she had itchy feet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itchy/#x8)

### Note

Comparative: itchier, itchiest. Verb: itch (my arm itches). Noun: an itch. Scratching an itch does not make it go away and can make it worse.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «itchy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itchy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«itchy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/itchy.html) on Mova free.