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Another word for sting

sting Synonyms

sting

n.

An injury
wound, cut, sore, stab, bite; see also injury 1.
Pain
prick, bite, burn; see pain 2.

sting Synonyms

sting

v.

prick, prickle, tingle; see hurt 4.

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Another word for sting

verb

To cause to become sore or inflamed:
burn, inflame, irritate. See help
To feel or cause to feel a sensation of heat or discomfort:
bite, burn, smart. See pain
(Slang)
To get money or something else from by deceitful trickery:
bilk, cheat, cozen, defraud, gull, mulct, rook, swindle, victimize. (Informal) chisel, flimflam, take, trim. (Slang) diddle¹, do, gyp, stick. See honest

noun

A sensation of physical discomfort occurring as the result of disease or injury:
ache, pain, pang, prick, prickle, smart, soreness, stab, stitch, throe, twinge. (Informal) misery. See pain
A cutting quality:
bite, edge, incisiveness, keenness, sharpness. See sharp
(Informal)
A stimulating or intoxicating effect:
(Informal) punch, wallop. (Slang) kick. See drugs

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I felt a sharp sting as the blade cut.
For the sting and ovipositor H.
They do not sting, but crawl away from danger.
The scorpion, whose sting is sometimes fatal, is common.
But flies of the drone-fly kind cannot sting, and, so far as is known, are perfectly innocuous and edible.

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