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RELATED WORD : spanish needles

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun pins and needles has 1 sense

• pins and needles(n = noun.cognition) - a sharp tingling sensation from lack of circulation;
is a kind of prickling, tingle, tingling

THESAURUS

pins and needles

agitation, all-overs, analgesia, anesthesia, angst, anxiety, anxiety hysteria, anxiety neurosis, anxious bench, anxious concern, anxious seat, anxiousness, apprehension, apprehensiveness, buzz, callousness, cankerworm of care, care, concern, concernment, deadness, disquiet, disquietude, distress, disturbance, dread, dullness, electronarcosis, fear, foreboding, forebodingness, impassibility, imperception, imperceptiveness, imperceptivity, impercipience, inconsiderateness, inquietude, insensibility, insensibleness, insensitiveness, insensitivity, insentience, malaise, misgiving, narcosis, narcotization, nervous strain, nervous tension, nervousness, numbness, obtuseness, overanxiety, paresthesia, perturbation, prickle, prickles, prickling, pucker, solicitude, stew, sting, stinging, strain, suspense, tension, thick skin, thrill, tingle, tingling, trouble, uneasiness, unfeeling, unfeelingness, unperceptiveness, unquietness, upset, urtication, vexation, zeal

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pins and needles

Numbness

N numbness, anaesthesia, pins and needles, numb, benumbed, deadened, intangible, impalpable, (2) Heat.

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