stinging
About 1.20 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Having the capacity to sting.
stinging nettles
- adjective Precise and hurtful.
a stinging indictment of the American prison system
- verb present participle and gerund of sting
- noun The act by which someone receives a sting.
the stingings of scorpions
Similar words
prickling tingling cutting painful edged unkind acrid harrowing angry irritated
Often followed by
nettle and pain nettles cells sensation rebuke insects her
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