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Adjective stung has 1 sense
- stung - feeling sharp psychological pain; "stung by the remark, she retorted angrily"
Antonym: uninjured (indirect, via injured)
Verb sting has 5 senses
- bite, sting, burn - cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"
--1 is one way to ache, smart, hurt
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- sting, bite, prick - deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday"
--2 is one way to pierce
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- stick, sting - saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill"
--3 is one way to force, thrust
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody with something
- prick, sting, twinge - cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin"
--4 is one way to hurt, ache, suffer
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- sting - cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; "His remark stung her"
--5 is one way to hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
Sample sentence:
The performance is likely to sting Sue
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