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Stinging

adjective

1.

(of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character. Synonyms: cutting, edged. "Edged satire" , "A stinging comment"

noun

1.

A kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung. Synonym: sting. "He felt the stinging of nettles"

Sting

verb

(past stang; past part. stung; pres. part. stinging)

1.

Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort. Synonyms: bite, burn.

2.

Deliver a sting to. Synonyms: bite, prick.

3.

Saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous. Synonym: stick. "I was stung with a huge tax bill"

4.

Cause a stinging pain. Synonyms: prick, twinge.

5.

Cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging.

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"Stinging" Quotes from Famous Books

... angry with himself for the boast, he had gripped the arms of the chair so savagely that every finger-end was stinging. At the same moment he became aware that a woman was entering the room. He saw the girl leave her chair and trip swiftly across the floor to the newcomer. They kissed each other, and, with arms around each ...

— Martin Eden • Jack London

... led a dissipated life, and to have mixed with very bad company. But he had kept out of reach of the law. A man may be a profligate vagabond; may insult a lady; may say threatening things to her, in the first stinging sensation of having his face slapped—but it doesn't follow from these blots on his character that he has murdered her husband in the ...

— Little Novels • Wilkie Collins

... party enjoyed the ride, except poor Hector, who complained bitterly of the pain he suffered from the stinging-nettle. On their arrival at home, Mrs Hugh applied ammonia and oil. At length he acknowledged that the pain had considerably abated, but during the remainder of the evening he took every opportunity of abusing the country and ...

— The Young Berringtons - The Boy Explorers • W.H.G. Kingston

... undressed!—Clare hurried off the infant's one garment, gently rubbed her little body till it was quite dry, if not very clean, and laid her tenderly in the heart of the blankets, among the remains and eggs and grubs of the mothy creatures—they were not wild beasts, or even stinging things—and covered her up, leaving a little opening for her to breathe through. She had not cried since Clare took her; she was too feeble to cry; but, alas, there was no question about feeding her, for he had no food to give her, were she crying ...

— A Rough Shaking • George MacDonald

... fear, it shall be stinging stuff'; and with that he began to brew without more fuss, but all ...

— Popular Tales from the Norse • Sir George Webbe Dasent

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