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to tingle

to tingle

43 3.5
To have a small prickly feeling on the skin often from excitement or cold
  • verb
  • /ˈtɪŋɡəl/
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  • The tips of my fingers tingled whenever I thought of it.
  • a tingling sensation

Even when I put it on my ears, it stings and it burns and it burns and it tingles and it burns until it's like clear.

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Examples

  • My tail tingles every time I get near him.

    Over the Hedge (2006)

  • The cold wind made my skin tingle as I walked along the beach.

  • But the skin of his neck was already starting to tingle and burn.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Okay, it's starting to tingle.

    Hollow Man (2000)

  • I can see out of my right eye again, and my spine has stopped tingling.

    Jexi (2019)

  • Sometimes you want your heart to be warmed; sometimes you want your spine to tingle.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Gracefully, she dove, letting the warmth tingle and eat into her skin.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • When he dropped her back on the bed, she tingled from head to toe and clutched at him.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • When his hand was almost touching the panel, but not quite, a tingling shock raced up his arm.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Laverne kneaded my scalp with practiced fingers, and the hot, soapy water tingled against my head.

    Fiction book (1994)

Synonyms

to prickle
vsto tingle
4 4.0

Cause a small stinging or tingling feeling on the skin

is milder and often comes with excitement or anticipation

Antonyms

to numb
62 4.2

Make a body part and the mind unable to feel, often by cold or medicine

to desensitize
10 6.3

To make people and animals feel less strong reactions to pain, fear or loud sounds, often by repeated exposure

How Intense

to burn
706 1.8
sting
64 1.4
to prickle
4 4.0
to tingle
43 3.5

Surface Forms

tingle infinitive
tingled past
tingled past participle
tingling present participle
tingles third person singular

Etymology

Tingle comes from the small sound word ting ('a small sharp sound') with the ending -le that shows repeated or small action. So to tingle is to feel those tiny 'taps' or prickles on your skin, or to cause that light stinging feeling.