stinging
noun
- act of stinging, as a beed, causing sharp pain
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈstɪŋɪŋ/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English styngyng; equivalent to sting + -ing.
- Having the capacity to sting.
“stinging nettles”
- Precise and hurtful.
“That same year, a young Gloria Steinem went undercover as a Playboy Bunny at one of his Playboy Clubs and wrote a stinging inside critique of the magazine's ethos and chauvinism in an article, titled "A Bunny's Tale," which was published in Show magazine.”
noun
Etymology: From Middle English styngyng; equivalent to sting + -ing.
- The act by which someone receives a sting.
“the stingings of scorpions”
“stingings of remorse”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English styngyng; equivalent to sting + -ing.
- present participle and gerund of sting
“The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom.[…]Drifts of yellow vapour, fiery, parching, stinging, filled the air.”