Noun

• S: (n) sting, stinging (a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung) "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles"

Verb

• S: (v) bite, sting, burn (cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort) "The sun burned his face"
• S: (v) sting, bite, prick (deliver a sting to) "A bee stung my arm yesterday"
• S: (v) stick, sting (saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous) "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• sentence frame
• S: (v) prick, sting, twinge (cause a stinging pain) "The needle pricked his skin"
• S: (v) sting (cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging) "His remark stung her"

Adjective

• S: (adj) cutting, edged, stinging ((of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character) "cutting remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment"