tingling

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adjective

That tingles.

“tingling sound in the ears”

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ticklingtitillatingexcitingpricklingtingle
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Meanings

adjectivetingling (comparative more tingling, superlative most tingling)

comparative more tingling · superlative most tingling

  1. That tingles.

    tingling sound in the ears

    1 more example

    tingling sensation in one's wrists

nountingling (plural tinglings)

plural tinglings

  1. A tingling sensation; pins and needles.
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of tingle

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveexciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements

Similar
ticklingtitillatingexciting

nouna somatic sensation as from many tiny stings

Similar
pricklingtingle
Broader
somesthesiasomaesthesiasomatesthesia
Also see
pricklingticklingtingletitillating

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Czech brnění
  • brněnía tingling sensation
Dutch tinteling
  • tintelinga tingling sensation
Finnish kihelmöinti
  • kihelmöintia tingling sensation
French picotement
  • picotementa tingling sensation
Icelandic fiðringur
  • fiðringura tingling sensation
Italian solletico
  • solleticoa tingling sensation
Portuguese formigamento, formigueiro
  • formigamentoa tingling sensation
  • formigueiroa tingling sensation
Spanish hormigueo
  • hormigueoa tingling sensation

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

glinting
Cite this entry
APA

tingling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tingling

MLA

“tingling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tingling. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tingling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tingling.

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