TWINGE

[noun] [C] - a sudden short feeling of physical or mental painHe was feeling twinges from a calf injury after 20 minutes of the game.My left knee has been giving me a few twinges in this cold weather.This rheumatism gives me twinges in the back.I felt a sudden twinge of toothache.When she saw him she experienced a twinge of anxiety/conscience/fear/guilt/regret/shame.