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itchy

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of itchy

1 causing an unpleasant tingling sensation

the child in the pew ahead of us kept tugging at his itchy church clothes

Synonyms of itchy

irritating, prickly, scratchy

Words Related to itchy

coarse, harsh, rough

Near Antonyms of itchy

silken, silky, soft, soothing

2 having a strong sexual desire

itchy sailors on shore leave

Synonyms of itchy

concupiscent, goatish, horny, hot, hypersexual, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, licentious, lubricious (or lubricous), lustful, oversexed, passionate, randy, salacious, satyric, wanton

Words Related to itchy

aroused, excited

easy, fast, loose, promiscuous

dissipated, dissolute, libertine

corrupt, debased, debauched, decadent, degenerate, degraded, demoralized, depraved, dissipated, dissolute, immoral, indecent

Near Antonyms of itchy

celibate, chaste, decent, immaculate, modest, moral, pure, virtuous

monastic, monkish

maidenly, virginal

innocent, lily-white

priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, straitlaced (or straightlaced), Victorian

Antonyms of itchy

frigid, undersexed

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