prickling
Pins and needles
Prickling is a sensation of many small, sharp points pressing into the skin—the feeling of pins and needles, or of hairs standing on end.
It often accompanies numbness fading, anxiety rising, or skin reacting to cold: a prickling sensation spread across her scalp.
Figuratively, prickling describes the early stirring of an emotion: a prickling of unease.
Slight stinging sensation
- stingingCausing sharp pain
- pins and needlesTingling in extremities
- numbnessLoss of sensation
- burningCombustion in progress
sharp · piercing · jabbing · smarting · poking · prodding · nipping · biting
State of eager enthusiasm
- thrillSurge of intense excitement
- shiverInvoluntary trembling sensation
- quiverTrembling or arrow case
- flutterRapid light movement
tingle · frisson · expectation · suspense · eagerness · exhilaration · rush · charge
Blood-feeding flying pest
- fleaBlood-drinking jumping pest
- chiggerBiting mite larva
- antSmall colonial insect
- bee stingInsect's venomous jab
wasp · mite · tick · spider · nettle · thorns · burrs · splinter
Uneasy and apprehensive
- edgyTense and irritable
- uneasyTroubled, not calm
- apprehensiveFearful of future events
- anxiousTroubled by uncertainty
tense · unsettled · wary · suspicious · foreboding · disquiet · hair-raising · spine-tingling
Heedless or skin irritation
- eczemaInflammatory skin disorder
- hivesRaised itchy skin reaction
- irritationMild anger or inflammation
- inflammationProtective tissue response
scratching · allergy · dermatitis · nettles · chafing · redness · itchiness · goosebumps
tingling
Slight stinging sensation
- stingingCausing sharp pain
- pins and needlesTingling in extremities
- numbnessLoss of sensation
burning · sharp · piercing · jabbing · smarting · poking · prodding · nipping · biting · scratchy
excitement
State of eager enthusiasm
flutter · tingle · frisson · expectation · suspense · eagerness · exhilaration · rush · charge · buzz
mosquito
Blood-feeding flying pest
bee sting · wasp · mite · tick · spider · nettle · thorns · burrs · splinter · cactus
nervous
Uneasy and apprehensive
- edgyTense and irritable
- uneasyTroubled, not calm
- apprehensiveFearful of future events
anxious · tense · unsettled · wary · suspicious · foreboding · disquiet · hair-raising · spine-tingling · gooseflesh
rash
Heedless or skin irritation
- eczemaInflammatory skin disorder
- hivesRaised itchy skin reaction
- irritationMild anger or inflammation
inflammation · scratching · allergy · dermatitis · nettles · chafing · redness · itchiness · goosebumps · flushing
- painache, pain, agony, hurt, hurting
- bodily sensationspain, ache, tingling, burning, numbness
- body discomfortsitching, burning, stinging, aching, throbbing
- touch sensationstouch, roughness, smoothness, softness, hardness
- body sensestouch, pain, proprioception, kinesthesia, tactile sensation
- shiversshiver, shivers, shudder, tremble, trembling