tingle

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: frissonshiverchillquivershudderthrillpricklingtinglingprickle

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. an almost pleasurable sensation of fright“a frisson of surprise shot through him”Synonyms: frissonshiverchillquivershudderthrill
  2. a somatic sensation as from many tiny pricklesSynonyms: pricklingtingling

Verb (1)

  1. cause a stinging or tingling sensationSynonyms: prickle
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Tin′gle intransitive verb [past tense & past participle Tingled; present participle & verbal noun Tingling.]

Origin: Freq. of ting. Cf. Tinkle.

1. To feel a kind of thrilling sensation, as in hearing a shrill sound.

At which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.— 1 Sam. iii. 11.

2. To feel a sharp, thrilling pain.

The pale boy senator yet tingling stands.— Alexander Pope

3. To have, or to cause, a sharp, thrilling sensation, or a slight pricking sensation.

They suck pollution through their tingling vein.— Thomas Tickell

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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