Stinging

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1. Verb form

of Sting

2. Adjective

Piercing, or capable of piercing, with a sting; inflicting acute pain as if with a sting, goad, or pointed weapon; pungent; biting; as, stinging cold; a stinging rebuke.

3. Noun

a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles"
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