twingenoun [ C ]
uk/twɪndʒ/us/twɪndʒ/a sudden short feeling of physical or mental pain:
I felt a twinge in my knee.
He was feeling twinges from a calf injury after 20 minutes of the game.
I admit I felt a twinge of guilt as we left.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Pain & painful
- -racked
- achy
- agonizing
- cluster headache
- dodgy
- hell
- hurt
- masochism
- neuralgia
- non-ulcer stomach pain
- painful
- painfully
- painless
- rack
- racking
- shooting pains
- suffering
- tender
- throb
- torment
See more results »
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Feelings - general words