Overview of noun stinging

The noun stinging has 1 sense

• 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

• bite, sting, burn -- (cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face")


• sting, bite, prick -- (deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday")


• stick, sting -- (saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill")


• prick, sting, twinge -- (cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin")


• sting -- (cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; "His remark stung her")

Overview of adj stinging

The adj stinging has 1 sense

• cutting, edged, stinging -- ((of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character; "cutting remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment")