Defenition of the word sting
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Defenition of the word sting
- In insects, a pointed instrument used for defense and attack and connected with a poison gland.
- To hurt, usually by introducing poison or a sharp point, or both.
- cause a sharp of stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"
- a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- a mental pain or distress; "a pang of conscience"
- cause a stinging pain
- saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill"
- a painful wound caused by the thrust of a stinger into skin
- of insects, scorpions, or other animals; "A bee stung my arm yesterday."
- something as sudden and painful as a sting; "the sting of death"
- a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect''s stinger into skin
- a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles"
- deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday"
- cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; "His remark stung her"
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"
- cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin"
- a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
- a mental pain or distress
- a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
- saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
- deliver a sting to
- cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
Synonyms for the word sting
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- bite
- bunco
- bunco game
- bunko
- bunko game
- burn
- con
- con game
- confidence game
- flimflam
- gyp
- hurt
- hustle
- insect bite
- nip
- pang
- prick
- smart
- stick
- stinging
- throb
- tingle
- twinge
Similar words in the sting
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- sting
- stinger
- stinger's
- stingers
- stingier
- stingiest
- stingily
- stinginess
- stinginess's
- stinging
- stingray
- stingray's
- stingrays
- stings
- stingy
Hyponyms for the word sting
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- bee sting
- flea bite
- mosquito bite
- nettle
- prick
- prickle
- sting operation
- urticate
Hypernyms for the word sting
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- ache
- bruise
- cheat
- force
- harm
- hurt
- hurting
- injure
- injury
- offend
- pain
- pierce
- rig
- smart
- spite
- suffer
- swindle
- thrust
- trauma
- wound
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