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Stinging   /stˈɪŋɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Sting  v. t.  (past stang; past part. stung; pres. part. stinging)  
1.
To pierce or wound with a sting; as, bees will sting an animal that irritates them; the nettles stung his hands.
2.
To pain acutely; as, the conscience is stung with remorse; to bite. "Slander stings the brave."
3.
To goad; to incite, as by taunts or reproaches.


adjective
Stinging  adj.  Piercing, or capable of piercing, with a sting; inflicting acute pain as if with a sting, goad, or pointed weapon; pungent; biting; as, stinging cold; a stinging rebuke.
Stinging cell. (Zool.) Same as Lasso cell, under Lasso.





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"Stinging" Quotes from Famous Books



... a large square envelope from Equatoria.... With stinging cheeks, Beth resented the buoyant happiness of the first few lines. Until a clearer understanding came, it seemed that he was blessing her refusal of him. How unwarranted afterward this thought appeared! The letter lifted her ...
— Fate Knocks at the Door - A Novel • Will Levington Comfort
... we help coming back? There came flying bees in countless numbers from all parts of the world, and began stinging us on all sides till ...
— The Red Fairy Book • Various
... shrubs more tangled, and the thorns more terrible. The ground, however, was rather more level. I pitied the poor girl who led the way, and whose fat naked arms were both stung and torn. She at last stopped amidst a huge grove of nettles, doing the best she could to shelter her arms from the stinging leaves. ...
— Wild Wales - Its People, Language and Scenery • George Borrow
... freedom of their woman's right and need of love and child-bearing may lead in the psychical sphere to a result similar to the transformation of the sex-organ of the bee; and that, giving up the power of life, they will be left the possessor of the stinging weapon of death! Some such considerations may help women to decide whether it is better to be a ...
— The Truth About Woman • C. Gasquoine Hartley
... man leaped to the next level, sending off a beam which struck the wall two feet from Rynason; he felt the stinging vibration against his body as he lay flat. Slowly he sighted the disintegrator at the top of the level under which the man had crouched for cover, and waited for his next leap. Within him he felt only a bitter cold which matched the wind ...
— Warlord of Kor • Terry Gene Carr


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