Definitions for stinging
Overview of noun stinging
The noun stinging has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. sting, stinging
(a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles")
Overview of verb sting
The verb sting has 5 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (1) bite, sting, burn
(cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face")
2. (1) sting, bite, prick
(deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday")
3. (1) stick, sting
(saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill")
4. prick, sting, twinge
(cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin")
5. sting
(cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; "His remark stung her")
Overview of adj stinging
The adj stinging has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. cutting, edged, stinging
((of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character; "cutting remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment")
