Definition of
tingling has definitions from the field of psychology
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[ adjective ] exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements

Synonyms

titillating tickling

Used in print

(John Hazard Wildman, "Take It Off," The Arizona...)

`` Just you wait '' , said Arlene again , as though she were discovering the pleasantly tingling insinuations of that handy little sturdy statement .

Related terms

exciting

2
[ adjective ] causing or experiencing a painful shivering feeling as from many tiny pricks

Synonyms

stinging prickling

Examples

"a prickling blush of embarrassment" "the tingling feeling in a foot that has gone to sleep" "a stinging nettle" "the stinging windblown sleet"

Related terms

painful

3
[ noun ] (psychology) a prickling somatic sensation as from many tiny pricks

Synonyms

tingle prickling

Related terms

somesthesia somaesthesia pins_and_needles tingle prickle

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Rhymes with

mingling bungling mingling wrangling strangling dangling sprinkling twinkling tinkling tinkling inkling twinkling sprinkling wiggling signaling signalling mingling wiggling bungling dangling wrangling angling strangling ringling dwindling tilling juggling haggling bungling smuggling struggling angling guzzling strangling bundling bicycling sizzling drizzling wrangling strangling dangling guzzling trilling middling fondling crippling handling counseling piddling dismantling paneling tripling quibbling nibbling dribbling rippling belittling thrilling doubling bubbling troubling reshuffling killing galling puzzling bustling twinkling sprinkling tinkling milling billing willing filling yearling kindling tripling chilling shilling schilling enabling sizzling marshaling stripling dwindling wiggling instilling unappealing signalling signaling unavailing quisling drizzling struggling middling swilling fiddling stealing grilling drilling nibbling kipling whistling sibling piddling rippling tackling circling dazzling cycling sparkling recycling encircling juggling lulling galling toweling idling gatling beguiling inkling untangling assembling settling meddling tumbling rumbling stumbling fumbling mumbling leveling trembling wrestling hurdling humbling lolling grumbling peddling pedaling bumbling crippling quibbling dribbling yodeling babbling baffling wobbling grappling jostling stifling mottling rattling gambling modeling raveling rambling spiralling travelling spiraling quadrupling groveling traveling refueling parceling disabling toppling throttling wiggling whistling appealing annealing wheeling seeling ceiling peeling feeling sealing dealing guzzling tinkling dwindling smuggling killing twinkling riesling weakling sprinkling dribbling drizzling middling beguiling tripling quibbling nibbling rippling installing sizzling bundling belittling unwilling reconciling

Phonetic and Homophones

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Similar Spelling

tinkling tingle Tingley Tingler

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