as in ache
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
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Recent Examples of tingle
Lily Wohlner, Allure, 13 Nov. 2025
Researchers suggested that future studies should include people who actually experience tingles to better understand how ASMR might help with mental health and relaxation.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
That makes numbness different from tingling, a prickly sensation that indicates that a nerve is irritated.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 15 Jan. 2026
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Noun
There’s a slight tingle at first (hello, azelaic acid), which feels like the formula is doing its job rather than irritating my barrier.
—Lily Wohlner, Allure, 13 Nov. 2025
Researchers suggested that future studies should include people who actually experience tingles to better understand how ASMR might help with mental health and relaxation.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
Frostbite symptoms depend on tissue injury depth and range from superficial injuries like numbness, tingling or waxy skin to clear blisters and pink tissue.
—Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
That makes numbness different from tingling, a prickly sensation that indicates that a nerve is irritated.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 15 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tingle
Noun
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Based on a novel by Sally Rooney, the show captures the quiet ache of two people drawn to each other despite the obstacles that keep pulling them apart.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
20 Feb. 2026
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This eye mask does double duty as a blackout cover for the eyes and a cold compress (or heated press) to relieve tension, puffy eyes and light aches and pains.—
Tim Chan,
Footwear News,
18 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Netflix and Amazon jingled all the way to some big audiences on Christmas Day, thanks to the NFL.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
31 Dec. 2025
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The city’s more than 25-year-old parade marched down Crown Valley Parkway Saturday morning, Dec. 13, jingling all the way.—
Heather McRea,
Oc Register,
14 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The album’s Bandcamp blurb shouts out Ghédalia Tarzatès, the late French composer who collaged his wails and lamentations in the endangered Ladino language to evoke pangs of existential angst.—
H.D. Angel,
Pitchfork,
6 Feb. 2026
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Everyone’s blood sugar levels sporadically spike, and that’s normal, but keeping it steady helps prevent energy crashes, hunger pangs, and mood swings, Dardarian says.—
Julia Ries Wexler,
Outside,
4 Feb. 2026
Verb
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As the night progressed, cocktail glasses continued to clink while a tasty île flottante dessert made its way to each table.—
Avon Dorsey,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2026
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The trek up the swinging staircase, twinkle lights clinking with each step, had my heart pounding for more reason than one.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
14 Feb. 2026
Noun
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While hope remains for that project (more on that shortly), the sting felt more painful after Judith Hoag, cinema's first live-action April O'Neil, said she'd been approached about reprising her role before the movie stalled.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Feb. 2026
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The woman who participated in the sting was actually 24, according to the police report.—
David Fleshler,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The marbled, frescoed, octagonal room was domed to amplify the sound of a tinkling keys at the center, and hosted regular recitals.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
9 Feb. 2026
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The Drawing Room is best for afternoon teas accompanied by a tinkling piano.—
Lydia Bell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The spiraling cost of foodstuffs has been an increasing focus of consumer pain, with cucumbers becoming the most recent lightning rod for popular discontent.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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Later that month, Giuffre was admitted to a hospital in New York for pain in her abdomen.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
Verb
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His pursuit of ownership of Greenland, a Danish territory, has also rattled European leaders in recent months.—
Azhar Sukri,
CNBC,
15 Feb. 2026
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At last year's conference, Vice President JD Vance delivered a combative address that rattled European capitals and fueled fears of an accelerating trans-Atlantic split.—
Olivia Gazis,
CBS News,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Tingle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tingle. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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