Synonyms for tingle

Most common

thrill · shudder · shiver · frisson · prickling

All synonyms

Noun

Verb

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A prickling or mildly stinging sensation; frisson.

2. v. 1

   To feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.

   My hands were tingling from the cold.

Related words

Word family

tink tinkle

Forms

Plural

tingles → shivers, shudders, frissons, thrills…

Past participle

tingled
e.g. tingled → prickled, itched, tinkled, jingled…

Example sentences

• thrill Yanni is thrill his daughter is gonna be with him.
• shudder Just to think about the accident makes me shudder.
• shiver His warm voice caressed my soul, making me shiver.
• prickling I have a prickling sensation in my left eye.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

itch¹

5 letters

chill¹

6 letters

thrill¹, jingle², shiver², quiver², tinkle²

7 letters

shudder², frisson, prickle

9 letters

prickling

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (jingle² = 2 syllables).

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