sting


sting - noun

  • a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
  • a mental pain or distress
  • a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
  • a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

    • sting - verb

    • cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
    • deliver a sting to
    • saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
    • cause a stinging pain
    • cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging

    sting - thesaurus

    bite   bunco   bunko   burn   con   flimflam   gyp   hustle   pang   prick   stick   stinging   twinge  

    Scrabble score for sting

    s is 1 t is 1 i is 1 n is 1 g is 2
    Scrabble score = 6

    generated at 16:48:40 on 19-03-25

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