twinge

1. 1.

   a sudden sharp feeling

   “pangs of regret”

   “she felt a stab of excitement”

   “twinges of conscience”

   Synonymspangstab

   Broaderfeeling

   Narrowerguilt pang
2. 2.

   a sharp stab of pain

   Broaderpain

Other forms of twinge

plural

twinges·

past tense

twinged·

present participle

twinging·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about twinge

What does twinge mean?

twinge means "cause a stinging pain". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in twinge?

twinge has 1 syllable: twinge. In IPA it is /ˈtwɪndʒ/.

What is another word for twinge?

Close synonyms include prick, sting, pinch, squeeze, tweet. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is twinge a common word?

twinge is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.