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tinglesome

tinglesome adjective: characterised or marked by tingling.

Adjective

tinglesome (comparative more tinglesome, superlative most tinglesome)

  1. Characterised or marked by tingling
    • And yet, when you do shake off the sunbeam-fingers and sit up, the cool air slips over your cheek and lifts your hair with so tinglesome a touch that motion — thrilled, ecstatic, ozoneful — seems man"s natural medium of expression.2000, John Margolies, Eric Baker, See the USA
    • "N'ba" has a soft reggae lilt, "Mali Ba" is sparsely lit, with harmonica shadings, and "N'Teri" has a more uplifting vibration, with tinglesome female backing vocals responding to Koité's lines whilst strings make sweepingly elaborate gestures. The album closes in a typically varied fashion, with...2007, Martin Longley, Habib Koite & Bamada Afriki Review

Forms of tinglesome

comparativemore tinglesome
superlativemost tinglesome

Origin of tinglesome

From tingle + -some.

Questions about tinglesome

What does tinglesome mean?
Tinglesome means characterised or marked by tingling.
What part of speech is tinglesome?
Tinglesome is an adjective.

Words near tinglesome in the dictionary

  1. tinglehead
  2. tingleheads
  3. tingler
  4. tinglers
  5. tingles
  6. tinglesome
  7. Tingley
  8. Tingleys
  9. tinglier
  10. tinglies
  11. tingliest

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