(of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character; "cutting remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment"
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"
something as sudden and painful as a sting; "the sting of death"
having a sting or the capacity to sting; "stinging insects"; "stinging nettles"
a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles"
a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
