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sting

(st/I//N/ )

a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung(noun.state)

Example:
The sting of death.
He felt the stinging of nettles.

Synonym:
stinging

source: wordnet30
a mental pain or distress(noun.state)

Synonym:
pang

source: wordnet30
a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin(noun.state)

Synonym:
bite, insect bite

source: wordnet30
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property(noun.act)

Synonym:
bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle

source: wordnet30
Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a bee or wasp is a modified ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied to the fang of a serpent. See Illust. of Scorpion.(noun)

source: webster1913

cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort(verb.perception)

Synonym:
bite, burn

source: wordnet30
deliver a sting to(verb.contact)

Synonym:
bite, prick

source: wordnet30
saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous(verb.communication)

Synonym:
stick

source: wordnet30
cause a stinging pain(verb.perception)

Synonym:
prick, twinge

source: wordnet30
cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging(verb.emotion)

source: wordnet30
To pierce or wound with a sting; as, bees will sting an animal that irritates them; the nettles stung his hands.(verb)

source: webster1913

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