| sting | | |
| n. (state) | 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" |
| ~ hurting, pain | a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder.; "the patient developed severe pain and distension" |
| n. (state) | 2. pang, sting | a mental pain or distress.; "a pang of conscience" |
| ~ hurting, pain | a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder.; "the patient developed severe pain and distension" |
| n. (state) | 3. bite, insect bite, sting | a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin. |
| ~ harm, hurt, injury, trauma | any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.. |
| ~ bee sting | a sting inflicted by a bee. |
| ~ flea bite | sting inflicted by a flea. |
| ~ mosquito bite | a sting inflicted by a mosquito. |
| n. (act) | 4. bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, sting | a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property. |
| ~ sting operation | a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals). |
| ~ swindle, cheat, rig | the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme.; "that book is a fraud" |
| v. (perception) | 5. bite, burn, sting | cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort.; "The sun burned his face" |
| ~ nettle, urticate | sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation. |
| ~ burn | feel hot or painful.; "My eyes are burning" |
| ~ hurt, smart, ache | be the source of pain. |
| v. (contact) | 6. bite, prick, sting | deliver a sting to.; "A bee stung my arm yesterday" |
| ~ pierce | make a hole into.; "The needle pierced her flesh" |
| v. (communication) | 7. stick, sting | saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous.; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill" |
| ~ force, thrust | impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably.; "She forced her diet fads on him" |
| v. (perception) | 8. prick, sting, twinge | cause a stinging pain.; "The needle pricked his skin" |
| ~ ache, hurt, suffer | feel physical pain.; "Were you hurting after the accident?" |
| ~ prickle, prick | cause a prickling sensation. |
| v. (emotion) | 9. sting | cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging.; "His remark stung her" |
| ~ spite, bruise, injure, wound, offend, hurt | hurt the feelings of.; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego" |
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