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Adjective: stung  stúng
  1. Aroused to impatience or anger
    - annoyed, irritated, miffed [informal], nettled, peeved, pissed [informal], riled, roiled, steamed [informal], hacked off [Brit, informal], exasperated, cheesed off [Brit, informal], browned off [Brit, informal], brassed off [Brit, informal]
Verb: sting (stung)  sting
  1. Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
    "The sun stung his face";
    - bite, burn
     
  2. Deliver a sting to
    "A bee stung my arm yesterday";
    - bite, prick
     
  3. [informal] Saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
    "I was stung with a huge tax bill";
    - stick [informal]
     
  4. Cause a stinging pain
    "The needle stung his skin";
    - prick, twinge
     
  5. Cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
    "His remark stung her"

See also: displeased

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

Encyclopedia: Stung

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