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Stung

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.]

  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.''
    --Pope.

  3. To goad; to incite, as by taunts or reproaches.

Stung

Stung \Stung\, imp. & p. p. of Sting.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
stung

past tense and past participle of sting (v.).

Wiktionary
stung

vb. (en-past of: sting)

WordNet
sting
  1. n. a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles" [syn: stinging]

  2. a mental pain or distress; "a pang of conscience" [syn: pang]

  3. a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin [syn: bite, insect bite]

  4. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property [syn: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, flimflam]

  5. [also: stung]

sting
  1. v. cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face" [syn: bite, burn]

  2. deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday" [syn: bite, prick]

  3. saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill" [syn: stick]

  4. cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin" [syn: prick, twinge]

  5. cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; "His remark stung her"

  6. [also: stung]

stung

adj. feeling sharp psychological pain; "stung by the remark, she retorted angrily"

stung

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Usage examples of "stung".

The blow stung sharply because the tight fitting trousers were stretched across his shoulder.

Ashley cried out in pain and fright and bit back the tears that stung her eyes.

From the way her bottom stung from his blow, she had no desire for a repetition so she had to content herself with cursing him under her breath.

Angry, frustrated tears stung her eyes and fell into the dust at his feet while she lay helplessly across his lap.

Tears of frustration stung her eyes as she tossed restlessly upon the bed.

She nodded, keeping her face averted, struggling to control the flood of tears that stung her eyes.

She continued to struggle while tears of anger and humiliation stung her eyes.

It stung his throat and brought tears to his eyes, and he could feel his tense muscles relaxing.

The acceleration pushed him back into the seat, and as he straightened out of the turn, the wind threw the high rooster tail of spray out ahead of him, and heavy drops of water stung his face and knocked his black hair down onto his forehead.

All he could hear was the loud ringing in his ears, but he could see pieces of brick and roof tile thudding into the lawn at his right and shattering on the suddenly smoke-fogged sidewalk, and his nose stung with a sharp chemical tang like ozone.

Astringent sweat stung his forehead under the brim of his Jughead cap.

Diana had narrowly ducked away from one of them, and her upflung arm had been raked by something that stung and raised blisters.

Sweat dripped into his eye and stung, yet he remained still, lest the vision of beauty vanish like a twilight mist, become only a dream, tormenting him forever.

Cool water stung the cuts on her ankles, the tender skin on her wrists.

It stung, the pain easing her guilt as her blood dripped warmly across her palm and through her fingers.