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Stinging

Stinging Meaning & Definition
Stinging Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Stinging?

[n] a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles"
[adj] (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character; "cutting remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment"
[adj] causing or experiencing a painful shivering feeling as from many tiny pricks; "a prickling blush of embarrassment"; "the tingling feeling in a foot that has gone to sleep"; "a stinging nettle"; "the stinging windblown sleet"
[adj] having a sting or the capacity to sting; "stinging insects"; "stinging nettles"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Stinging: cutting | edged | painful | prickling | sting | tingling | unkind

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See Also | hurting | pain

Stinging In Webster's Dictionary

\Sting"ing\, a. Piercing, or capable of piercing, with a sting; inflicting acute pain as if with a sting, goad, or pointed weapon; pungent; biting; as, stinging cold; a stinging rebuke. -- {Sting"ing*ly}, adv. {Stinging cell}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Lasso cell}, under {Lasso}.

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