stinging
adjective
1. (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
- a stinging comment
Similar word(s): unkind, cutting, edged
Sentences with stinging as an adjective:
- stinging nettles
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): sting
Definition categories: state, hurting, pain
Sentences with stinging as a noun:
- the stingings of scorpions
- stingings of remorse
verb
1. present participle of sting