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Twinge

noun

A sudden sharp feeling. Synonyms: pang, stab. "She felt a stab of excitement" , "Twinges of conscience"

A sharp stab of pain.

verb

(past & past part. twinged; pres. part. twinging)

Cause a stinging pain. Synonyms: prick, sting.

Feel a sudden sharp, local pain.

Squeeze tightly between the fingers. Synonyms: nip, pinch, squeeze, tweet, twitch. "She squeezed the bottle"

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"Twinge" Quotes from Famous Books

... information. He appeared to set himself out to win my esteem. Now a cripple is very sensitive to kindness. I could not reject his overtures. What interested motive could he have in seeking out a useless hulk like me? On the first opportunity I told Betty of the new friendship, having a twinge or two of conscience lest it ...

— The Red Planet • William J. Locke

... cigar was being extracted from the case, a wrinkle was deepening just over the left eyebrow, a twinge of something very like gout was calling forth a word or two of "foreign language," when Esther came in with a smile on her lips and an open letter ...

— Seven Little Australians • Ethel Sybil Turner

... spoke she felt a sudden little qualm of apprehension. It was purely selfish, as she told herself with a twinge of honest self-contempt. But what should she do without Penelope? It would create a big blank for her if her best friend left her for a home of her own. Somehow, the inevitable reaction of Penelope's marriage upon her own ...

— The Moon out of Reach • Margaret Pedler

... peddler whether the deceased had left a will; and she saw the Bible placed in the bottom of a new pack, which she had made for his accommodation, with a most stoical indifference; but as the six silver spoons were laid carefully by its side, a sudden twinge of her conscience objected to such a palpable waste of property, and ...

— The Spy • James Fenimore Cooper

... you add forgery? Not a shred of my romance left!" Hillard spoke jestingly, but like a man who covers up a sudden twinge of pain. ...

— The Lure of the Mask • Harold MacGrath

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