Synonyms of prickling

prickling 1 of 2

adjective

as in stinging

Related Words

• stinging
• nagging
• bleeding
• pricking
• burning
• smarting
• itching
• pinching
• swollen
• inflamed
• cramping
• chafing
• festering
• severe
• threatening
• raw
• damaging
• harmful
• aching
• grievous
• injurious
• detrimental
• tender
• noxious
• painful
• pernicious
• deleterious
• agonizing
• hurtful
• sore
• hurting
• wounding
• excruciating
• torturous
• achy
• afflictive
• nasty

Dissimilar Words

• helping
• painless
• healing
• indolent
• remedial
• curative

prickling

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verb

present participle of prickle

as in poking

to cause or experience an unpleasant feeling that is like the feeling of having many small, sharp points against your skin

The burrs were prickling my arm.

The wool sweater prickled my skin.

Related Words

• poking
• piercing
• stinging
• tickling
• pricking
• tingling
• penetrating
• itching
• punching
• tapping
• drilling
• perforating
• puncturing
• boring
• riddling
• holing
• excavating
• burrowing (into)
• broaching
• grooving
• gouging
• hollowing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of prickling

Verb

Initial symptoms of rabies include flu-like illness including weakness or discomfort, fever, or headache, and discomfort, prickling, or an itching sensation at the site of the bite. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 3 Aug. 2026

As Luke walks off, his shirt undone and his furry belly prickling in the desert cold, Danny turns and stares out into the backyard. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026

Retatrutide has shown similar side effects, as well as a prickling sensation known as dysesthesia. — Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026

People with peripheral neuropathy may experience pins and needles sensations, such as tingling and prickling, in their extremities. — Laura Dorwart, Health, 22 Dec. 2025

It is spread to people and pets through the bites and scratches of an infected animal, and first symptoms may include flu, weakness, discomfort, fever, headache, as well as a prickling sensation at the site of the wound, before turning into more severe disease after around two weeks. — Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025

Whitefish salad prickling with chile and festooned with great tufts of cilantro. — Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025

Jakobus speaks in an Old World dialect, Pilsner, delivering brisk herbal aromas, hints of fresh levain bread and a prickling hop bitterness. — Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025