About The Word Stinging
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Stinging
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Stinging: 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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