Synonyms for sting
stɪŋsting

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1. 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, hustle

2. pang, 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, flimflam

3. sting, 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, flimflam

4. bunco, 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, bite

5. bite, 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, fire

6. sting, 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 up

7. stick, 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, adhere

8. prick, 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 up

9. stingverb

   cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging

   "His remark stung her"

   Synonyms:
   twinge, prick, stick, burn, bite

Matched Categories

1. • Force
   • Hurt
   • Pain

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1. stingverb

   Synonyms:
   prick, wound, hurt

2. stingverb

   Synonyms:
   afflict, pain, cut to the quick, go to one's heart

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1. stingnoun

   Synonyms:
   aculeus, prick, goad, incitement

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1. List of paraphrases for "sting":

   darter, stinger, bite, tingling, scam, frame-up

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1. List of known nicknames for "Sting":

   Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, Gordon Sumner, Gordon Matthew Sumner, Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner CBE

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How to use sting in a sentence?

1. Muhammad Ali:

   Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

2. Frederika Bremer:

   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.

3. Priyank Mathur:

   I thought, how are we, the country that invented Madison Avenue and Hollywood and arguably the greatest messaging machine in the history of all time - how are we losing, what is essentially a messaging battle to folks halfway across the world that are operating on a shoe sting budget. And so I think to counter what they are doing, we need to up our social media game.

4. Jason Rantz:

   They'll just have to deal with it … And I think that this is a strategy from the Democrats that just doesn't work anymore, when you call everyone racist for every single thing that they say and do, then everything is racist, and it no longer means anything. So it doesn't have the sting anymore, and I think Republicans are aware of that. And frankly, they might play into that expectation that they ask a simple question that might just be a little bit tinged with some criticism. And then they're going to get attacked and they'll make that into a strategy to push back against how far left the Democratic Party has become.

5. Brandon Garic Notch:

   The taste of blood and that annoying sting of a bitten tongue. Once man got the taste of blood there was no going back, like a serpent circling itself eating its own tail.”