Plural for a sudden, sharp localized pain
“While he was thinking of a way to entertain himself, he suddenly felt a small twinge of pain in his head.”
Plural for a brief experience of an emotion, typically an unpleasant one
“I look forward to her future with uncertainty, I look to her past with a twinge of nostalgia.”
Plural for an instance, or the result, of being physically hurt or injured
Plural for a state or feeling of great physical or mental distress or discomfort
Plural for the action of squeezing something
Plural for a feeling of guilt, especially if self-indulgent, unwarranted, or exaggerated
To be, or cause to be, painful
To pinch sharply
To give, or cause to give, a short, sudden jerking or convulsive movement
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