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How to pronounce stung in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms annoyed, irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, roiled, steamed

Examples of stung

stung
She walked away stung by the South's surprising 6-2 loss to the North all-stars.
From the stltoday.com
As soon as you slather on this yummy clear gloss, you'll know you've been stung.
From the orlandosentinel.com
While that was part of the growing process, not making the playoffs still stung.
From the chron.com
The 2008 Finals loss to Boston stung for 12 months, when he won the 2009 Finals.
From the denverpost.com
Dressed in regular clothes, he lured many bees into a box without getting stung.
From the fresnobee.com
If you get stung by a sea urchin, get yourself to a hospital as soon as you can.
From the independent.co.uk
Maybe Wales'pride was stung by a proposal that he not enroll until January 2013.
From the courier-journal.com
He wouldn't be drawn out, although obviously he had been stung by the criticism.
From the en.wikipedia.org
House Speaker Tip O'Neill and other Democratic congressional leaders were stung.
From the time.com
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.