Dictionary entry details
• STING (noun)
Meaning:
A kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
sting; stinging
Context examples:
the sting of death / he felt the stinging of nettles
Hypernyms ("sting" is a kind of...):
hurting; pain (a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder)
Meaning:
A mental pain or distress
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
sting; pang
Context example:
a pang of conscience
Hypernyms ("sting" is a kind of...):
hurting; pain (a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder)
Meaning:
A painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
insect bite; bite; sting
Hypernyms ("sting" is a kind of...):
harm; hurt; injury; trauma (any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sting"):
bee sting (a sting inflicted by a bee)
flea bite (sting inflicted by a flea)
mosquito bite (a sting inflicted by a mosquito)
Meaning:
A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
bunco; hustle; gyp; flimflam; confidence trick; confidence game; con game; bunko game; bunko; bunco game; con; sting
Hypernyms ("sting" is a kind of...):
cheat; rig; swindle (the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sting"):
sting operation (a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals))
• STING (verb)
Meaning:
Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
sting; bite; burn
Context example:
The sun burned his face
Hypernyms (to "sting" is one way to...):
ache; hurt; smart (be the source of pain)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sting"):
nettle; urticate (sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Deliver a sting to
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
sting; bite; prick
Context example:
A bee stung my arm yesterday
Hypernyms (to "sting" is one way to...):
pierce (make a hole into)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
sting; stick
Context examples:
They stuck me with the dinner bill / I was stung with a huge tax bill
Hypernyms (to "sting" is one way to...):
force; thrust (impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Meaning:
Cause a stinging pain
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
twinge; prick; sting
Context example:
The needle pricked his skin
Hypernyms (to "sting" is one way to...):
ache; hurt; suffer (feel physical pain)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sting"):
prick; prickle (cause a prickling sensation)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Context example:
His remark stung her
Hypernyms (to "sting" is one way to...):
bruise; hurt; injure; offend; spite; wound (hurt the feelings of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The performance is likely to sting Sue
