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1. (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
   "a stinging comment"
   - cutting, edged

1. A kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
   "he felt the stinging of nettles"
   - sting

1. Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
   "The sun stang his face"
   - bite, burn
    
2. Deliver a sting to
   - bite, prick
    
3. Saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
   - stick
    
4. Cause a stinging pain
   "The needle stang his skin"
   - prick, twinge
    
5. Cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging

Derived forms: stingings

See also: stinger, unkind

Type of: ache, bruise, force, hurt, hurting, injure, offend, pain, pierce, smart, spite, suffer, thrust, wound

Encyclopedia: Sting