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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
            Synonyms
            Examples for "tingling"
            Examples for "tingling"
            1
            Or amputees who feel phantom tingling in parts that no longer exist.
            Anthropology of an american girl: a novel
            2
            Regardless of your political affiliations, it should have been a spine-tingling moment.
            The Guardian
            3
            Numbness and tingling improved with rest but returned immediately after resuming competition.
            Pubmed
            4
            Her body still tingling and wretched she left for her own room.
            Dagmar's daughter
            5
            The tingling sensation increased almost to torture; but he could not move.
            Flamsted quarries
            1
            The tone he used set up an uncomfortable prickling along Jay's spine.
            The Reality Dysfunction
            2
            Indeed, he still had that prickling feeling that someone was watching him.
            Assail
            3
            But as he prepared to depart, Sano experienced an uneasy, prickling sensation.
            Shinjū
            4
            The girl felt a warm current of life prickling swiftly through her.
            Man-Size
            5
            At the roots of his hair there was an odd, prickling sensation.
            Man-Size
            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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                  Translations for tingle
                  Tingle through the time
                  Tingle across language varieties
                  United States of America
                  Common
                  United Kingdom
                  Common