| NOUN | state | stinging, sting | a kind of pain |
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| ADJECTIVE | all | stinging, cutting, edged | (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character |
| Sounds | stih'ngihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character. | |
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| Example | "a stinging comment" | |
| Synonyms | cutting, edged | |
| Broader | unkind | lacking kindness |
| Spanish | cortante, incisivo, mordaz, punzante, severo | |
| Catalan | coent, incisiu, mordaç, punxant, sever | |
| Meaning | A kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung / stung / stung. | |
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| Example | "he felt the stinging of nettles" | |
| Synonym | sting | |
| Broader | pain, hurting | A symptom of some physical hurt or disorder |
| Verbs | sting | cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging |
| sting | cause a stinging pain | |
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