tingly
Like pins, needles
Tingly describes a prickling, slightly electric sensation on the skin or in the body—the feeling of a limb waking up from numbness, or the excited flutter before something happens.
It can be physical: My fingers are tingly from the cold.
Or it can describe anticipatory excitement: I get tingly just thinking about the concert.
Tiny sharp point
- pins-and-needlesPrickling numbness sensation
- numbnessLoss of sensation
- pricklingSharp tingling sensation
- buzzingLow vibrating hum
vibration · shiver · itchy · crawling · stinging · ticklish · fizzy · zapping
Violent sudden disturbance
- staticWithout motion or change
- currentDirected flow of charge
- zapDestroy suddenly with energy
- sparkTiny fiery particle
jolt · charge · voltage · electrified · live-wire · buzzing · crackling
State of awaiting something
- thrillSurge of intense excitement
- adrenalineEmergency response hormone
- buzzContinuous low drone
- giddinessLightheaded, excitable state
exhilaration · flutter · butterflies · euphoria · eagerness · electricity · charged · alive
Not in slumber
- awareHaving knowledge of
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
- keenSharp or enthusiastic
heightened · sensitized · attuned · responsive · vigilant · on-edge · hyperaware · aroused
prickle
Tiny sharp point
- pins-and-needlesPrickling numbness sensation
- numbnessLoss of sensation
- pricklingSharp tingling sensation
buzzing · vibration · shiver · itchy · crawling · stinging · ticklish · fizzy · zapping · quiver
shock
Violent sudden disturbance
spark · jolt · charge · voltage · electrified · live-wire · buzzing · crackling
anticipation
State of awaiting something
- thrillSurge of intense excitement
- adrenalineEmergency response hormone
- buzzContinuous low drone
giddiness · exhilaration · flutter · butterflies · euphoria · eagerness · electricity · charged · alive · sparked
awake
Not in slumber
keen · heightened · sensitized · attuned · responsive · vigilant · on-edge · hyperaware · aroused · stimulated
- touch feelingsrough, smooth, soft, hard, bumpy
- anticipationanticipating, expectation, expectancy, expecting, awaiting
- sensationstaste, touch, smell, sound, pain
- texturessmoothness, smooth, soft, rough, roughness
tinglynumb
Lacking physical sensation
deadened · insensate · anesthetized · desensitized · unfeeling
tinglyflat
Lacking vertical variation
dull · unstimulated · bored · unaroused · indifferent
- tingling sensationPrickling nerve awareness