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Meanings of tingle in English

Portuguese
tremedeira
Catalan
estremiment
Spanish
estremecimiento

An almost pleasurable sensation of fright.

tremedeira
Catalan
menjançó
Spanish
hormigueo

A somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles.

menjançó
Catalan
bonir

Cause a stinging or tingling sensation.

bonir
Usage of tingle in English
1
The areas affected become pale or redden and feel numb or tingle.
The Irish Times
2
Your fingers tingle with mad expectancies; your eyes roam, lost in estimates.
Dream Life: A Fable of the Seasons
3
The tingle had gone from his veins; he felt unusually wide awake.
Kim
4
From above she could feel the faint tingle of power being wielded.
Embrace the darkness
5
The earth and the air around it seemed to tingle with anguish.
AE in the Irish Theosophist
6
He engorged himself with its juices, felt its power tingle his cheeks.
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
7
There was just that tiny tingle, far below the threshold of sensation.
Second Foundation
8
But they wouldn't see it that way if they felt the tingle.
Wired
9
I took them, unsuspecting, and felt the current tingle in my finger-tips.
The Making of an American
10
She could feel the tingle of pleasure that seeing her gave him.
The chamber of ten
11
An icy tingle of power scoured the air, making even Dante shiver.
When darkness comes
12
Only in singing hymns did he experience a tingle of exalted feeling.
Where the Blue Begins
13
He felt, too, the tingle of a new excitement in his veins.
The Golden Snare
14
The realization brought a rush of excitement and a tingle of fear.
The Mammoth Hunters
15
Their hands and feet were long numbed, and had ceased to tingle.
Winter’s Tale
16
There is a beautiful small hours tingle to these delicate, heart-bursting songs.
The Irish Times
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Tingle across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common