sting

Noun
  1. A kind of pain;
    Something as sudden and painful as being stung (synset 114355490)
    "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles"
    is a type of: hurting, pain - a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
    same as: stinging
  2. A mental pain or distress (synset 114353167)
    "a pang of conscience"
    is a type of: hurting, pain - a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
    same as: pang
  3. A painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin (synset 114321372)
    is a type of: harm, hurt, injury, trauma - any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
    subtypes:
    same as: bite, insect bite
  4. A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property (synset 100780744)
    is a type of: cheat, rig, swindle - the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
    subtypes: sting operation - a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals)
    same as: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, hustle
  5. Operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act (synset 100410782)
    "the police conducted a sting operation"
    is a type of: operation - a planned activity involving many people performing various actions
    same as: sting operation
Verb
  1. Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort (synset 202124916)
    "The sun burned his face"
    is a type of: ache, hurt, smart - be the source of pain
    subtypes: nettle, urticate - sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation
    same as: bite, burn
    verb group: burn - feel hot or painful
  2. Deliver a sting to (synset 201448026)
    "A bee stung my arm yesterday"
    is a type of: pierce - make a hole into
    same as: bite, prick
  3. Saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous (synset 200750090)
    "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill"
    is a type of: force, thrust - impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
    same as: stick
  4. Cause a stinging pain (synset 202127889)
    "The needle pricked his skin"
    is a type of: ache, hurt, suffer - feel physical pain
    subtypes: prick, prickle - cause a prickling sensation
    same as: prick, twinge
  5. Cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging (synset 201797753)
    "His remark stung her"
    is a type of: bruise, hurt, injure, offend, spite, wound - hurt the feelings of

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