prickling

Examples

• All

• Her doubt was like the constant prickling of bristles.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Alone in her office, Italiano played the recording back with a prickling of fear up her spine.

  Fiction book (1991)

• A prickling in the hair on the back of his neck made him look up.

  Fiction book (1991)

• And a prickling sensation ran up the back of my neck.

  Fiction book (1993)

• "For some reason, a prickling went down his arms, like being with the priests or hearing the winter wind; its voice was so deep."

  Fiction book (1992)

• "The women stood with their skin prickling, their faces dull and white as dough.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Fear tingled across his chest, tight and prickling.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The emotion had to be transferable, he thought, for he could feel the cold prickling of peach-fuzz hair on his own arms and neck.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Ulfra stood staring at the heavy doors of the wardrobe, a prickling at the back of her neck keeping her from flinging them wide.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Going up the apartment stairs, Diana, though mellow, had a sudden prickling of wariness like the shock of pain felt even under Novocain.

  Fiction book (1996)

Synonyms

T

tingle

vsprickling

26 3.3

A small prickly feeling on the skin often caused by excitement or cold

is focused on skin sensations like many tiny sharp points rather than emotional causes

T

tingling

vsprickling

22 3.4

A slight prickling feeling like many tiny pins touching the skin

is similar but often stronger than that slight stinging feeling

I

irritation

vsprickling

21 3.2

A painful feeling in a part of the body after contact with a substance that causes discomfort

is a specific stinging skin sensation rather than a general uncomfortable reaction

P

pins and needles

vsprickling

1 2.8

A tingling feeling in the skin often felt after a hand or foot falls asleep

is the same skin sensation but not limited to nerve pressure or poor circulation

U

urtication

vsprickling

• Specialized

9.9

A stinging, prickling feeling on the skin like a nettle sting

is the same skin sensation but not limited to nettle like causes

Antonyms

R

relief

440 1.0

A feeling of comfort when pain or worry goes away

C

comfort

190 1.0

A feeling of physical ease and being free from pain

How Intense

burning

45 3.9

stinging

3.0

prickling

1 5.6

pins and needles

1 2.8

tingling

22 3.4

numbness

19 4.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology