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Synonyms for sting
stɪŋsting
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Princeton's WordNet
sting, stingingnoun
a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
"the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles"
Synonyms:
con game, flimflam, bunko, confidence game, bunko game, gyp, bunco, pang, stinging, con, confidence trick, bunco game, insect bite, bite, hustlepang, stingnoun
a mental pain or distress
"a pang of conscience"
Synonyms:
stab, bunco, confidence game, hustle, insect bite, confidence trick, twinge, bunko game, con game, gyp, stinging, pang, bunco game, bite, con, bunko, flimflamsting, bite, insect bitenoun
a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
Synonyms:
confidence game, bunco, bit, morsel, snack, hustle, raciness, insect bite, confidence trick, pungency, chomp, bunko game, con game, gyp, stinging, pang, bunco game, sharpness, bite, con, collation, bunko, flimflambunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflamverb
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
Synonyms:
confidence game, bunco, insect bite, hustle, convict, bunko, confidence trick, stir, fuss, flurry, stinging, bunko game, con game, gyp, ado, yard bird, bustle, bunco game, pang, con, inmate, yardbird, flimflam, bitebite, sting, burnverb
cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
"The sun burned his face"
Synonyms:
stick, burn down, seize with teeth, burn, prick, burn up, cut, twinge, incinerate, sunburn, combust, burn off, bite, cauterize, glow, cauterise, firesting, bite, prickverb
deliver a sting to
"A bee stung my arm yesterday"
Synonyms:
seize with teeth, goad, stick, prick, burn, prickle, twinge, prick up, bite, cock upstick, stingverb
saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
"They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill"
Synonyms:
stand by, stupefy, stick by, baffle, stick, perplex, cleave, bond, get, mystify, burn, flummox, cling, bind, beat, stick around, nonplus, dumbfound, twinge, prick, cohere, lodge, hold fast, deposit, amaze, stick to, stay put, gravel, stay, bewilder, wedge, vex, bite, pose, puzzle, adhereprick, sting, twingeverb
cause a stinging pain
"The needle pricked his skin"
Synonyms:
squeeze, twitch, goad, prick, pinch, burn, tweet, prickle, stick, twinge, prick up, bite, cock upstingverb
cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
"His remark stung her"
Dictionary of English Synonymes
stingverb
stingverb
Synonyms:
afflict, pain, cut to the quick, go to one's heart
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
stingnoun
Synonyms:
aculeus, prick, goad, incitement
Nicknames
List of known nicknames for "Sting":
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, Gordon Sumner, Gordon Matthew Sumner, Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner CBE
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#77 | get | |
#960 | fire | |
#982 | bit | |
#1001 | stay | |
#1324 | cut | |
#2529 | con | |
#2851 | beat | |
#3261 | bond | |
#3387 | stick | |
#3496 | lodge | |
#3816 | deposit | |
#4785 | puzzle | |
#4915 | burn | |
#8275 | bind | |
#8848 | bite | |
#9651 | glow | |
#9747 | pose | |
#10284 | stir | |
#11065 | scam | |
#11852 | snack | |
#13072 | gravel | |
#13411 | wedge | |
#13787 | squeeze | |
#14457 | sting | |
#14841 | adhere | |
#17127 | pinch | |
#17298 | inmate | |
#18963 | hustle | |
#19711 | stab | |
#20188 | ado | |
#20976 | fuss | |
#27118 | cling | |
#28087 | prick | |
#29024 | convict | |
#30103 | amaze | |
#30484 | sharpness | |
#32964 | stinger | |
#33386 | pang | |
#35156 | flurry | |
#35877 | twitch | |
#36012 | tingling | |
#37262 | bustle | |
#40176 | stinging | |
#40719 | sunburn | |
#41205 | baffle | |
#43927 | collation | |
#44058 | cleave | |
#54523 | vex | |
#57335 | chomp | |
#63896 | goad | |
#73889 | tweet | |
#74892 | morsel | |
#87017 | darter | |
#90338 | bunko | |
#95211 | perplex | |
#104149 | twinge | |
#107919 | incinerate | |
#112496 | mystify | |
#113787 | gyp | |
#119460 | combust | |
#138234 | bunco | |
#160684 | cohere | |
#175419 | yardbird | |
#184250 | prickle | |
#222069 | pungency | |
#224053 | bewilder | |
#225824 | cauterize |
How to use sting in a sentence?
The sting of sanctions will only grow more painful if the regime does not change course from the unacceptable and unproductive path it has chosen for itself and the people of Iran, these will be the strongest sanctions in history by the time we are done.
There are words which sever hearts more than sharp swords; there are words the point of which sting the heart through the course of a whole life.
Third parties have a very difficult time in American political history. Third parties sting and then they die.
If you’re calling it the SCORPION unit, what message are you sending to the officers who are in it and to the community… Scorpions sting. one of my first meetings I went to as a new police commissioner in Boston, I went to Mission Hill and listened to a group of 200-300 young black men who told me our units were jumping out of the cars and tipping guys upside down to see if a gun would come out. I went back and met with the gang unit after that, and I made it very clear that this was not the mission that I wanted accomplished. … You can’t make everybody who’s between the age of 15 and 25 a suspect.
As I have said publicly before, hate has no home in Lawrence Township. As someone that has felt its sting, I know that bigotry exists and sadly will continue to exist but that doesn't mean that I give up. Instead I look to find allies that will help me fight the cancer of bigotry.
Translations for sting
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- لسعArabic
- bodnout, píchnoutCzech
- stechen, Stich, Biss, Insektenstich, Insektenbiss, verdeckte Operation, Wespenstich, Skorpionstich, Bienenstich, beißenGerman
- picaduraSpanish
- pisto, purra, pistos, purema, pistää, paukama, pattiFinnish
- piquer, piqûreFrench
- עֲקִיצָהHebrew
- csípés, csíp, szúrHungarian
- խայթոցArmenian
- pungereItalian
- 食う, 刺す, 虫さされ, 刺傷, 刺し傷Japanese
- پێوهدانKurdish
- dzeltLatvian
- kakatiMāori
- stikk, stikkeNorwegian
- użądlić, ukąsić, żądlić, kąsaćPolish
- picada, morder, ferroada, picarPortuguese
- kaniyQuechua
- înțepa, împunge, pișcaRomanian
- ужалить, укусить, жалить, испытывать боль, болеть, чувствовать боль, причинять боль, кусать, укус насекомогоRussian
- stinga, stickaSwedish
- స్టింగ్, కుట్టుTelugu
- кусати, жалити, ужалити, укуситиUkrainian
- bienastegül, skorpionastegül, flibastegül, stegülön, näsäkastegül, stegülVolapük
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