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Type Words
Synonyms bite, insect bite
Type of trauma, harm, hurt, injury
Has types mosquito bite, bee sting, flea bite
Type Words
Synonyms pang
Type of hurting, pain
Type Words
Synonyms sting operation
Type of operation


the police conducted a sting operation.
Type Words
Synonyms bite, prick
Type of pierce
Derivation stinger
Type Words
Synonyms prick, twinge
Type of suffer, hurt, ache
Has types prick, prickle
Derivation stinging, stinger
Type Words
Synonyms bite, burn
Type of smart, hurt, ache
Has types nettle, urticate
Verb group burn
Derivation stinger
Type Words
Synonyms stinging
Type of pain, hurting


the sting of death.
he felt the stinging of nettles.
Type Words
Synonyms bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, hustle
Type of cheat, rig, swindle
Has types sting operation
Type Words
Synonyms stick
Type of thrust, force
Type Words
Type of wound, bruise, hurt, injure, offend, spite
Derivation stinging, stinger

Examples of sting

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Mr Dutcher, it turns out, was in the final moments of a dastardly divorce sting.
From the infowars.com
Helmeted shade, my eyes sting as I scan the valley left to right, right to left.
From the thestate.com
Rodrigues said the sting of that January day when she was turned away is fading.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Surprisingly, even businesses may occasionally feel the sting of lawsuit reform.
From the businessweek.com
Last year, there were 84 sting attempts that resulted in 10 citations, she said.
From the denverpost.com
It will be important to determine how DDX41 associates with and activates STING.
From the nature.com
Until you're actually wielding the thing and realise it could sting quite a lot.
From the metro.co.uk
Jellies sting prey such as other jellies, small fish, fish eggs and crustaceans.
From the dailyherald.com
You would think this experience would sting me into a state of Internet caution.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
More examples
  • A kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles"
  • Bite: cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"
  • Deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday"
  • Pang: a mental pain or distress; "a pang of conscience"
  • A painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
  • Stick: saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill"
  • STING (Sequence To and withIN Graphics) is a free Web-based suite of programs for a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between protein sequence, structure, function, and stability. STING is freely accessible at .
  • A stinger (technically referred to as a sting) is a colloquial term for a sharp organ or body part found in various animals (typically arthropods) that usually delivers some kind of venom (usually piercing the skin of another animal). ...
  • In experimental fluid mechanics, a sting is a test fixture on which models are mounted for testing, e.g., in a wind tunnel. A sting is usually a long shaft attaching to the downstream end of the model so that it does not disturb flow over the model.