Crossword clues for stinging
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stinging \Sting"ing\, a. 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. -- Sting"ing*ly, adv.
Stinging cell. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Lasso cell, under Lasso.
Sting \Sting\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stung(Archaic Stang); p. pr. & vb. n. Stinging.] [AS. stingan; akin to Icel. & Sw. stinga, Dan. stinge, and probably to E. stick, v.t.; cf. Goth. usstiggan to put out, pluck out. Cf. Stick, v. t.]
To pierce or wound with a sting; as, bees will sting an animal that irritates them; the nettles stung his hands.
To pain acutely; as, the conscience is stung with remorse; to bite. ``Slander stings the brave.''
--Pope.To goad; to incite, as by taunts or reproaches.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1200, present participle adjective from sting (v.). Figurative use from late 14c.
Wiktionary
Having the capacity to sting. n. The act by which someone receives a sting. v
(present participle of sting English)
WordNet
n. a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles" [syn: sting]
adj. causing or experiencing a painful shivering feeling as from many tiny pricks; "a prickling blush of embarrassment"; "the tingling feeling in a foot that has gone to sleep"; "a stinging nettle"; "the stinging windblown sleet" [syn: prickling, tingling]
having a sting or the capacity to sting; "stinging insects"; "stinging nettles" [ant: stingless]
(of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character; "cutting remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment" [syn: cutting, edged]
Usage examples of "stinging".
But they took her aboard, drenching her with stinging antiseptics, scorching her skin with bactericidal ultraviolet rays.
Granny Friday night, getting up before dawn on Saturday to hit the rain forest trail with Joe-Pie in search of the elusive stinging mashasha nettle and wild dumbcane, a Caribbean dieffenbachia that flourished only in the deep shade of the upper rain forest, then working with Granny again well into Saturday night doctoring a stick of gum, a long hot shower and then bed were all Selene was thinking about when Rutherford Macintosh delivered her back to the Kings Frederick and Christian Arms shortly before midnight.
Instead, Judge Milne delivered a stinging lecture to Nina in open court, widely quoted in the media, that made her red to the roots of her hair, beamed Jeffrey Riesner up to the moon, and yanked out the last shreds of her self-confidence.
He closed stinging eyes and, in iron fortitude, pressed his overfaced body to move on.
He threw a long overhand left that caught Brynhild in the throat, but it cost him another stinging punch to the head in return.
Angry enough to peel and parboil Anders, Ranett opened her mouth to bellow one more stinging question.
Landing her on derriere shocked stinging prinkles up and down her spine.
Instantly regretting her impulsiveness, she rubbed her stinging palm and bit her lower lip to keep from crying over her own stupidity.
She stared at him, feeling the blood rush from her face only to rush back again almost as quickly in a hot tide that scalded her cheeks and brought stinging tears to her eyes.
She blinked rapidly, getting the stinging salt water out of her eyes, but nodded solemnly.
Amadala floated, breath tearing in her lungs, nose stinging, as she watched the spot where Sting had disappeared.
Instead of finding a connection to Elbryan at those times when she sat in front of the darkened mirror, Pony had found only despair at the stinging pain of her loss.
His first instinct was to send a stinging retort back to the woman who had so completely rebuffed him.
Juraviel was to strike terror into their ranks, stinging them in the dark, killing them as they slept.
Kingsmen archers did not run and cower, but turned their great bows skyward and sent stinging volleys at the dragon and its rider.