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tingling

tingling

22 3.4
A slight prickling feeling like many tiny pins touching the skin
  • noun
  • /ˈtɪŋɡlɪŋ/
translation icon : hormigueo
  • After a minute, he felt a tingling, unlike any he had felt before.
  • numbness and tingling
  • tingling sensations
  • peripheral tingling

When this happens, we are more likely to compress the median nerve and cause the pain, tingling and symptoms that wake us up.

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Examples

  • From somewhere deep inside, a strange, familiar tingling surged, breaking out onto his skin.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • The medicine caused a tingling sensation that quickly spread through my fingertips.

  • Hey, do you also have a little tingling in your fingers?

  • Is there a tingling sensation anywhere?

  • The pain in the boy's head grew, and he could feel the tingling begin along his back and shoulders.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • There may be a mild tingling, and many people feel little or nothing for several days.

    Academic text (1991)
  • May cause an intense tingling sensation.

  • Now, occasionally what will happen is you will experience something like cold or heat or pain or tingling on a patch of your body.

  • My neck feels better, there's no more tingling in my arm.

  • But she held her ground, the uneasiness becoming a tingling in the pit of her stomach.

    Fiction book (2000)

Synonyms

tickle
vstingling
39 1.0

A light, tingling feeling on the skin that can make you laugh

describes the same physical sensation without implying play or laughter
tingle
vstingling
26 3.3

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

is the common sensory feeling not focused on emotional cause
pins and needles
vstingling
1 2.8

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

is used for the same sensation but without specific nerve or flow cause
prickling
vstingling
1 5.6

A tingling, slightly stinging feeling on the skin like many small pins

is the general term for the same slight stinging feeling
paresthesia
vstingling
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A feeling of tingling, prickling, burning, or numbness in the skin

is the everyday slight stinging feeling without medical abnormality implied

Antonyms

19 4.6

Loss of feeling in a body part often caused by cold, pressure, or nerve damage

Compounds

Causes a strong feeling of fear or excitement

How Intense

stinging
3.0
tingling
22 3.4

Surface Forms

tingling singular
tinglings plural

Morphology

tingling = tingle (transparent) = tingle + ing

Standard deverbal noun formation: 'tingle' + '-ing' yields the sensation/action and is directly predictable from the verb.

Etymology

Tingling is easy to remember: think of the tiny sound 'ting', which suggests a small, sharp touch and links to the word sting. So, a tingling feeling is like many tiny pins or stings on the skin.