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tingle

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of tingle

a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body

can't stand those funny tingles I get when my foot falls asleep

Synonyms of tingle

ache, pain, pang, prick, shoot, smart, sting, stitch, throe, twinge

Words Related to tingle

discomfort, distress, soreness, tenderness

affliction, agony, anguish, misery, sufferance, suffering, torment, torture

inflammation, sore, swelling

damage, detriment, harm, hurt, injury

backache, bellyache, charley horse, colic, complaint, earache, gripe, headache, stomachache, toothache

Near Antonyms of tingle

comfort, ease, easiness

tingle

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of tingle

to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound

I awoke to the steady pitter-patter of raindrops tingling on the rooftop.

Synonyms of tingle

chink, clink, jingle, tinkle

Words Related to tingle

clang, clangor, clank, clash, crash

clack, clatter, rattle

chime, ding, ding-dong, gong, jangle, ping, plink, ring

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