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English noun: sting | |||
| 1. | sting (state) a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung | ||
| Samples | The sting of death. He felt the stinging of nettles. | ||
| Synonyms | stinging | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hurting, pain | ||
| 2. | sting (state) a mental pain or distress | ||
| Samples | A pang of conscience. | ||
| Synonyms | pang | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hurting, pain | ||
| 3. | sting (state) a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin | ||
| Synonyms | bite, insect bite | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | harm, hurt, injury, trauma | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bee sting, flea bite, mosquito bite | ||
| 4. | sting (act) a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property | ||
| Synonyms | bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cheat, rig, swindle | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | sting operation | ||
English verb: sting | |||
| 1. | sting (perception) cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort | ||
| Samples | The sun burned his face. | ||
| Synonyms | bite, burn | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ache, hurt, smart | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | nettle, urticate | ||
| Verb group | burn | ||
| 2. | sting (contact) deliver a sting to | ||
| Samples | A bee stung my arm yesterday. | ||
| Synonyms | bite, prick | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | pierce | ||
| 3. | sting (communication) saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous | ||
| Samples | They stuck me with the dinner bill. I was stung with a huge tax bill. | ||
| Synonyms | stick | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody with something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | force, thrust | ||
| 4. | sting (perception) cause a stinging pain | ||
| Samples | The needle pricked his skin. | ||
| Synonyms | prick, twinge | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ache, hurt, suffer | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | prick, prickle | ||
| 5. | sting (emotion) cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging | ||
| Samples | His remark stung her. | ||
| Examples | The performance is likely to sting Sue | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bruise, hurt, injure, offend, spite, wound | ||
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