sting
noun
1. a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
- the sting of death
- he felt the stinging of nettles
Similar word(s): stinging
Definition categories: state, hurting, pain
2. a mental pain or distress
Similar word(s): pang
Definition categories: state, hurting, pain
3. a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
Similar word(s): bite
Definition categories: state, harm, hurt, injury, trauma
4. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
Similar word(s): bunco, bunko, con, flimflam, hustle
Definition categories: act, cheat, rig, swindle
5. operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act
- the police conducted a sting operation
verb
1. cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
Definition categories: perception, ache, hurt, smart
2. deliver a sting to
Similar word(s): bite
Definition categories: contact, pierce
3. saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
Similar word(s): stick
Definition categories: communication, force, thrust
4. cause a stinging pain
Similar word(s): twinge
Definition categories: perception, ache, hurt, suffer
5. cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
Definition categories: emotion, bruise, hurt, injure, offend, spite, wound
Sentences with sting as a verb:
- My hand stings after knocking on the door so long.