prickling
nounHow many syllables in prickling?
There are 2 syllables in the word prickling.How to pronounce prickling:
Definition of prickling:
- prickling (noun):
- a fine sharp process or projection
- an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation.
- a sharp pointed emergence arising from the epidermis or cortex (see cortex sense 3a) of a plant (such as a rose or raspberry) compare spine, thorn
Synonyms for prickling:
aesthesis
auditory sensation
esthesis
gustatory perception
gustatory sensation
masking
odor
odour
olfactory perception
olfactory sensation
perception
sense datum
sense experience
sense impression
smell
sound
synaesthesia
synesthesia
taste
taste perception
taste sensation
threshold
tingle
tingling
vision
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