Definitions for: Stinging


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



Webster (1913) Definition: Sting"ing, a.
Piercing, or capable of piercing, with a sting; inflicting
acute pain as if with a sting, goad, or pointed weapon;
pungent; biting; as, stinging cold; a stinging rebuke. --
Sting"ing*ly, adv.

Stinging cell. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Lasso cell, under
Lasso.

Synonyms: cutting, edged, painful, prickling, sting, tingling, unkind

Antonyms: stingless

See Also: hurting, pain

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