stinging
pronunciation
How to pronounce stinging in British English:
UK ['stɪŋɪŋ]
How to pronounce stinging in American English:
US [ˈstɪŋɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
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- Adjective:
- causing or experiencing a painful shivering feeling as from many tiny pricks
- having a sting or the capacity to sting
- (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
Word Origin
- stinging (adj.)
- c. 1200, present participle adjective from sting (v.). Figurative use from late 14c.
Example
- 1. Even more stinging criticism came from ms yade .
- 2. Then he turns off the lamp and closes his stinging eyes to the dark .
- 3. One candidate on every pundit 's shortlist to replace him is diane wood , who once issued a stinging dissent when , in a similar case , an appeals court in chicago ruled in favour of a local chapter of the same christian group .