Stinging

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • That uses a sting; furnished with a sting or stinging organs of any sort; urticating: as, a stinging insect or sea-nettle.
  • In botany, noting a plant furnished with stinging hairs. See sting, 2.
  • That pierces or wounds as with a sting; that causes acute pain, irritation, or the like; keen; sharp; pungent; telling: as, a stinging tongue; a stinging rebuke or remark.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Piercing, or capable of piercing, with a sting; inflicting acute pain as if with a sting, goad, or pointed weapon; pungent; biting
  • adjective. Same as Lasso cell, under Lasso.
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  • adjective. Having the capacity to sting.
  • verb. Present participle of sting.
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  • adjective. (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
  • noun. a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
    • Equivalent
    unkind  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hurting  pain  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    bringing  clinging  flinging  pinging  ringing  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    acanaceous  acerb  acerbate  acerbic  acid  
    verb-stem
    sting  
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