Definition of Sting

Noun

  • a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
    - bunco game - bunko game - confidence trick - confidence game - con game
  • a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
    - insect bite
  • a mental pain or distress
    "a pang of conscience"
  • a kind of pain
    something as sudden and painful as being stung
    "the sting of death"
    "he felt the stinging of nettles"

Verb

  • cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
    "His remark stung her"
  • cause a stinging pain
    "The needle pricked his skin"
  • saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
    "They stuck me with the dinner bill"
    "I was stung with a huge tax bill"
  • deliver a sting to
    "A bee stung my arm yesterday"
  • cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
    "The sun burned his face"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

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Unscramble sting

35 unscramble word found using the letters sting.
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