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Sting
see synonyms of stingNoun
1. sting, stinging
a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
Example Sentences:'the sting of death''he felt the stinging of nettles'
4. bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, sting
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
Verb
cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
Example Sentences:'The sun burned his face'
deliver a sting to
Example Sentences:'A bee stung my arm yesterday'
7. stick, sting
saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
Example Sentences:'They stuck me with the dinner bill''I was stung with a huge tax bill'
cause a stinging pain
Example Sentences:'The needle pricked his skin'
9. sting
cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
Example Sentences:'His remark stung her'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
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