Definitions for twinge

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Spelling: [twinj]
IPA: /twɪndʒ/

Twinge is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 84 anagrams from letters in twinge (egintw).

Definitions for twinge

noun

  1. a sudden, sharp pain:
  2. a mental or emotional pang:

verb (used with object)

  1. to affect (the body or mind) with a sudden, sharp pain or pang.
  2. to pinch; tweak; twitch.

verb (used without object)

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

Origin of twinge

before 1000; Middle English twengen to pinch, Old English twengan

Examples for twinge

"She would," averred Barry stoutly, over the twinge of an inner qualm.

They no doubt felt a twinge of satisfaction but it could only have been momentary.

But he acknowledges a twinge of regret during the newsroom announcement Thursday.

The generous "twinge of pain," to which she confesses, was intelligible.

She had a twinge of pity, watching the old faces pale and kindle.

That gate he saw, with a twinge of conscience, was wide open.

The young man felt a sudden pang of compunction, a twinge of conscience.

Impossibly, even through thick glass, I felt a twinge of vertigo.

Kandynce remained where she was and evidenced not a twinge of self-pity.

What Rock created, then, is a twinge of nostalgia for a twinge of nostalgia.

Word Value for twinge
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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