Stinging

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     {Stinging cell}. (Zool.) Same as {Lasso cell}, under {Lasso}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. To pain acutely; as, the conscience is stung with remorse;
        to bite. "Slander stings the brave." --Pope.
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     3. To goad; to incite, as by taunts or reproaches.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stinging
       adj 1: 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}]
       2: having a sting or the capacity to sting; "stinging insects";
          "stinging nettles" [ant: {stingless}]
       3: (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character; "cutting
          remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment" [syn: {cutting},
           {edged}]
       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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  112 Moby Thesaurus words for "stinging":
     acanaceous, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulent,
     acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, aculeolate, acute, afflictive,
     agonizing, asperous, astringent, atrocious, biting, bitter,
     brambly, briery, brisk, bristly, burn, burning, burning pain, buzz,
     caustic, chafing, corroding, corrosive, cramping, cruel, cutting,
     distressing, double-edged, edged, escharotic, excruciating, fierce,
     fire, fretting, galling, gnawing, grating, grave, grinding,
     griping, hard, harrowing, harsh, hurtful, hurting, incisive,
     irritant, irritating, irritative, keen, mordacious, mordant,
     muricate, nose-tickling, painful, paresthesia, paroxysmal,
     penetrating, piercing, pins and needles, piquant, poignant,
     pricking, prickle, prickles, prickling, prickly, pricky, pungent,
     racking, rasping, rigorous, rough, scathing, scorching, scratchy,
     severe, sharp, shooting, smart, smarting, sour, spasmatic, spasmic,
     spasmodic, stabbing, sting, strident, stringent, tart, thistly,
     thorny, thrill, tingle, tingling, tormenting, torturous, trenchant,
     urtication, vehement, violent, virulent, vitriolic, withering