pins and needles
Sleeping limb sensation
Pins and needles is the prickling, tingling sensation when a limb "falls asleep" from restricted blood flow or nerve compression: I sat cross-legged too long and now my foot is all pins and needles.
Figuratively, to be on pins and needles is to wait in anxious suspense: We were on pins and needles until the test results came back.
Slight stinging sensation
- pricklingSharp tingling sensation
- numbnessLoss of sensation
- paresthesiaAbnormal skin sensation
- stingingCausing sharp pain
burning · throbbing · numb · deadened · loss of sensation · nerve compression · circulation · blood flow
Remaining in expectation
- suspenseAnxious uncertainty about outcomes
- eagerIntensely wanting something
- expectantAwaiting something foreseen
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
bated breath · edge of seat · tenterhooks · impatient · uncertain · hopeful · dreading · momentous
tingling
Slight stinging sensation
- pricklingSharp tingling sensation
- numbnessLoss of sensation
- paresthesiaAbnormal skin sensation
stinging · burning · throbbing · numb · deadened · loss of sensation · nerve compression · circulation · blood flow · crawling
waiting
Remaining in expectation
- suspenseAnxious uncertainty about outcomes
- eagerIntensely wanting something
- expectantAwaiting something foreseen
countdown · bated breath · edge of seat · tenterhooks · impatient · uncertain · hopeful · dreading · momentous · cliff-hanger
nervous
Uneasy and apprehensive
- apprehensiveFearful of future events
- tenseStrained or nervous
- worriedTroubled by uncertainty
uneasy · on edge · stressed · jittery · agitated · fidgety · antsy · restless · keyed up · wound up
- numbnessnumbness, insensibility, tingling, deadness, paresthesia
- bodily sensationspain, ache, tingling, burning, numbness
- sharp painsstab, stabbing, stabbing pain, jab, prick
- suspensesuspense, suspenseful, tension, nail-biter, nail-biting
- skin sensationstingling, stinging, burning, itching, numbness
- neurological symptomsnumbness, tremor, paralysis, aphasia, ataxia
pins and needlesnumbness
Loss of sensation
comfort · deadness · anesthesia · insensibility · loss of sensation
pins and needlescalm
Free from agitation
peace of mind · equanimity · indifference · composure · relaxed
needle, pinnacle, pinpoint, pins, needles, pinned, pinning, needlework, needling