(of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
Piercing, or capable of piercing, with a sting; inflicting acute pain as if with a sting, goad, or pointed weapon; pungent; biting;
Noun
a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles"
Adjective S.
(of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character; "cutting remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment"
Adjective S.
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"
Adjective
having a sting or the capacity to sting; "stinging insects"; "stinging nettles"
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Sting
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.
Stinging
Piercing, or capable of piercing, with a sting; inflicting acute pain as if with a sting, goad, or pointed weapon; pungent; biting;
Usage Examples
A multitude of bees can tell the time of day, calculate the geometry of the sun's position, argue about the best location for the next swarm. Bees do a lot of close observing of other bees maybe they know what follows stinging and do it anyway.
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