twinge

Speech parts

1. twinge - Noun

2. twinge - Verb

Meaning

To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.

To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains.

To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges.

A sudden sharp pain; a darting local pain of momentary continuance; as, a twinge in the arm or side.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

twitch squeeze pinch sting prick tweet nip crick tingle pang pain smart distress bite stitch
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Antonyms

bliss belief relief ease fun comfort
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Hypernyms

pain feeling suffer grip ache hurt

Hyponyms

goose prick tweak prickle

Derivatives

twinged twinging

Anagrams

tewing Winget

Examples

He pinched her behind Source: Internet

She squeezed the bottle Source: Internet

The needle pricked his skin Source: Internet

A $1.8bn pipeline contract for Kashagan field without a twinge of conscience has been given to the same company whose shares belong to Italians and two well-known officials in Astana. Source: Internet

I felt a twinge of familiarity in the austere rows of metal beds in the Methuen Home—the orphanage where Beth lives after her mother’s sudden death—and in the matchy-matchy décor at the home of her adoptive mother, Mrs. Wheatley, in suburban Lexington. Source: Internet

As I creaked up the driveway a twinge in my upper leg announced that I was going to have to sit down for ten minutes fairly soon or I would pay for it later. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

twinflower twinflowered dogwood twinfold twinges of conscience twingey twingle