Definition of sting
Nouns
a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
"the sting of death"
"he felt the stinging of nettles"
- Synonyms:
- stinging
a mental pain or distress
- Synonyms:
- pang
a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
- Synonyms:
- bite, insect bite
- Types:
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bee sting
a sting inflicted by a bee
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flea bite
sting inflicted by a flea
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mosquito bite
a sting inflicted by a mosquito
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
- Synonyms:
- bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle
- Types:
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sting operation
a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals)
Verbs
cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
- Synonyms:
- stick
cause a stinging pain
Vocabulary Lists for sting
Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" Chapters 8-15 »(708 words)
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James Joyce's "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" »(561 words)
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Charles Dickens' "David Copperfield" Chapters 1-7 »(488 words)
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T.H. White's "The Once and Future King" Chapters 1-10 »(279 words)
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