stung
pronunciation
How to pronounce stung in British English:
UK [stʌŋ]
How to pronounce stung in American English:
US [ stʌŋ]
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- Adjective:
- feeling sharp psychological pain
Word Origin
- stung
- past tense and past participle of sting (v.).
Example
- 1. But for some environmentalists the defeat stung .
- 2. Mr keeley says that central bankers have been stung by criticism for poor market timing on gold .
- 3. Investors were badly stung by commodities in 2008 but they have been quick to forgive and forget .
- 4. It comes six years after ibm sold its pc division to lenovo , and nec 's delay means it was stung with more losses and got less for the business .
- 5. Many chinese investors are still stung by the memory of china national offshore oil 's 2005 attempt to buy a stake in the u.s. energy company unocal .