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twinge

(twĭnj)

1. A sharp, sudden physical pain. See Synonyms at pain.

2. A mental or emotional pain: a twinge of guilt.

v. twinged, twing·ing, twing·es

v.intr.

To feel or be the source of a twinge or twinges: My knee twinged as I stepped off the curb.

v.tr.

1. To cause to feel a twinge or twinges: His conscience twinged him.

2. Obsolete To tweak; pinch.

[From Middle English twengen, to pinch, from Old English twengan.]

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twinge

(twɪndʒ)

1. a sudden brief darting or stabbing pain

2. a sharp emotional pang: a twinge of guilt.

3. to have or cause to have a twinge

4. (tr) obsolete to pinch; tweak

[Old English twengan to pinch; related to Old High German zwengen]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

twinge

(twɪndʒ)

n., v. twinged, twing•ing. n.

1. a sudden, sharp pain.

2. a mental or emotional pang.

v.t.

3. to affect (the body or mind) with a sudden, sharp pain or pang.

4. to pinch; tweak; twitch.

v.i.

5. to have or feel a sudden, sharp pain.

[before 1000; Middle English twengen to pinch, Old English twengan, c. Middle Low German twengen, Old High German zwengen]

twinge

Past participle: twinged
Gerund: twinging

Imperative
twinge
twinge

Present
I twinge
you twinge
he/she/it twinges
we twinge
you twinge
they twinge

Preterite
I twinged
you twinged
he/she/it twinged
we twinged
you twinged
they twinged

Present Continuous
I am twinging
you are twinging
he/she/it is twinging
we are twinging
you are twinging
they are twinging

Present Perfect
I have twinged
you have twinged
he/she/it has twinged
we have twinged
you have twinged
they have twinged

Past Continuous
I was twinging
you were twinging
he/she/it was twinging
we were twinging
you were twinging
they were twinging

Past Perfect
I had twinged
you had twinged
he/she/it had twinged
we had twinged
you had twinged
they had twinged

Future
I will twinge
you will twinge
he/she/it will twinge
we will twinge
you will twinge
they will twinge

Future Perfect
I will have twinged
you will have twinged
he/she/it will have twinged
we will have twinged
you will have twinged
they will have twinged

Future Continuous
I will be twinging
you will be twinging
he/she/it will be twinging
we will be twinging
you will be twinging
they will be twinging

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been twinging
you have been twinging
he/she/it has been twinging
we have been twinging
you have been twinging
they have been twinging

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been twinging
you will have been twinging
he/she/it will have been twinging
we will have been twinging
you will have been twinging
they will have been twinging

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been twinging
you had been twinging
he/she/it had been twinging
we had been twinging
you had been twinging
they had been twinging

Conditional
I would twinge
you would twinge
he/she/it would twinge
we would twinge
you would twinge
they would twinge

Past Conditional
I would have twinged
you would have twinged
he/she/it would have twinged
we would have twinged
you would have twinged
they would have twinged

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	twinge - a sudden sharp feeling; "pangs of regret"; "she felt a stab of excitement"; "twinges of conscience" pang, stab feeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" guilt pang - pangs of feeling guilty
	2.	twinge - a sharp stab of pain pain sensation, painful sensation, pain - a somatic sensation of acute discomfort; "as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain"
Verb	1.	twinge - cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin" prick, sting ache, hurt, suffer - feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?" prickle, prick - cause a prickling sensation
	2.	twinge - feel a sudden sharp, local pain ache, hurt, suffer - feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?"
	3.	twinge - squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle" nip, pinch, tweet, twitch, squeeze grip - hold fast or firmly; "He gripped the steering wheel" goose - pinch in the buttocks; "he goosed the unsuspecting girl" tweak - pinch or squeeze sharply

twinge

noun

2. pain, sharp pain, gripe, stab, bite, twist, stitch, pinch, throb, twitch, prick, spasm, tweak, tic the occasional twinge of indigestion

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

twinge

noun

A sensation of physical discomfort occurring as the result of disease or injury:

ache, pain, pang, prick, prickle, smart, soreness, stab, sting, stitch, throe.

verb

To have or cause a feeling of physical pain or discomfort:

Translations

وَخْز ، ألم شَديد مُفاجِئ

bodnutíhryznutí

stik

stingur

staigus aštrus skausmas

asa nožēladūriensspējas sāpes

hryzenie

anî ve keskin sancı

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twinge

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

twinge

[twɪndʒ] n (of pain) → fitta
a twinge of regret/sadness/conscience → una punta di rimpianto/tristezza/rimorso
I've been having twinges of conscience → ho i rimorsi di coscienza

twinge

(twindʒ) noun

a sudden sharp pain. He felt a twinge (of pain) in his neck; a twinge of regret.

twinge

n. punzada, dolor agudo.

twinge

n (of pain) punzada, dolor agudo y repentino