stingingn.

/ˈstɪŋɪŋ/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s stynkyng(g)e.

Etymology: < sting v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

a. The action of wounding with a sting; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > wound > stings or bites

stingc900

stinging1398

biting1527

flea-bite1570

flea-biting1598

bite1736

bug bite1739

snip1767

stangc1800

myiasis1839

snake-bite1839

tooth-wound1899

the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [noun] > smarting or stinging

stingc900

smartingOE

smarta1225

stanginga1300

stinging1398

mordicationa1413

stang1513

urtication1655

smartness1682

verberation1688

mordicancy1693

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xiii. xxvi. 461 The juys of euery fysshe helpyth agaynst venemouse styngynges.

c1450 Middle Eng. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 184 Ageyns bytynnge or stynkyngge of scorpyons or of serpentes.

1538 T. Elyot Dict. at Psylli They also do cure the styngynge and poysonynge of serpentes by soukynge the place whyche is venymed.

1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 926 Physicians have found out many remedies against the stingings of Wasps.

1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 98 A good remedy for stinging of nettles.

1832 S. Warren Passages from Diary of Late Physician II. ii. 77 Comparing the pain to that which might follow the incessant stinging of a wasp at the spinal marrow.

b. transferred and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > cause of mental anguish or torment > [noun] > action of afflicting with a pang

stinginga1300

thrilling1526

panging1863

a1300 E.E. Psalter lix. 3 Þou dranke vs with wine of stinginge [L. vino compunctionis].

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 29 Bi for þat bats were made in religioun bi stinging of þe fend [L. Diaboli instinctu].

1506 tr. Kalender of Shepherdes sig. O.iij^v Swete wordis with a venemous stynkynge [1503 pyckant] of the tayle.

1579 J. Field tr. J. Calvin Serm. i. 8 b The prickes & stingings they haue in their consciences.

a1631 J. Donne Goe, catch a Falling Starre in Poems 6 Teach me to heare Mermaides singing, Or to keep off envies stinging.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1646 (1955) II. 521 This night felt such a stinging all about me that I could not sleepe.

1859 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 440 Drances, whom the fame Of Turnus spurred with crooked jealousy, And bitter stingings.

c. stinging-cell n. Zoology a nematocyst.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > member of > parts of > cell in which power of stinging resides

thread-cell1859

nematocyst1868

cnida1876

nemocyst1878

stinging-cell1885

cnidocyst1888

colloblast1900

1885 A. S. Pennington Brit. Zoophytes 138 The stinging or urticating cells, or nematocysts, contain the stinging threads.

1892 J. A. Thomson Outl. Zool. x. 127 On the tentacles [of Hydra] especially, one can see..numerous clumps of clear stinging-cells.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

stingingadj.

/ˈstɪŋɪŋ/

Etymology: < sting v.¹ + -ing suffix².

1. That stings, that has power to sting; used (often as a specific designation):

a. of animals. stinging lizard, one of several North American lizards, esp. a spiny lizard of the genus Sceloporus, also called a scorpion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by habits or actions > [adjective] > stinging

stingingc1230

the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [adjective] > smarting or stinging > of animal

stingingc1230

the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Iguanidae > member of genus Sceloporus (fence-lizard)

swift1530

pine lizard1842

stinging lizard1870

fence-lizard1889

c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 45 Herst tu hu Salomon eueneð bacbitere to stinginde neddre.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xxiii. 28 Stynggynge flies.

1569 E. Spenser tr. Petrarch Epigr. in T. Roest tr. J. van der Noot Theatre Worldlings sig. Bvi^v A stinging Serpent by the heele hir caught.

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus v. i. 14 Like stinging Bees in hottest summers day.

1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. i. 21 Swarmes of stinging Flies, whereof men dy'd.

1854 A. Adams et al. Man. Nat. Hist. 228 Stinging-Ants (Myrmicidæ).

1862 T. W. Harris Treat. Insects Injurious to Vegetation (ed. 3) 513 The stinging Hymenoptera.

1870 J. C. Duval Adventures Big-Foot Wallace xlv. 294 They chaw tobacco and drink whiskey even in the winter~time, when the ‘cow-killers’ and stinging-lizards are all frozen up.

1889 H. H. McConnell Five Years Cavalryman 77 The ‘scorpion’ or ‘stinging lizard’ abounds.

1892 J. A. Thomson Outl. Zool. x. 121 Cœlenterata or Stinging-animals.

1926 J. K. Strecker in J. F. Dobie Rainbow in Morning (1965) 61 The true scorpion is popularly called a ‘stinging lizard’, this misnomer being in common use throughout the state of Texas.

b. of plants.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > [adjective] > stinging or not stinging

stinging1525

surd1598

the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [adjective] > smarting or stinging > of plant

stinging1525

urticating1843

1525 tr. H. von Brunschwig Noble Experyence Vertuous Handy Warke Surg. xcii. R ij b With water of the styngynge nettylles.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. ii. 18 Yeelde stinging nettles to mine enemies.

1776 J. Lee Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) Explan. Terms 380 Urens, stinging, armed with stings.

1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xxii. 553 In the East Indian sea a stinging sea-weed also is found.

1874 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. (rev. ed.) Suppl. 1344/2 Stinging-bush, Jatropha stimulans.

1887 W. Hillhouse tr. E. Strasburger Handbk. Pract. Bot. 77 The stinging hairs of the common stinging nettle (Urtica dioica).

1890 C. Lumholtz Among Cannibals 252 The stinging-tree (Laportea moroides).

2. transferred. That produces a sharp pain or tingling smart, a burning sensation, or the like. Said also of the pain or sensation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [adjective] > smarting or stinging

smartingOE

biting1340

stingingc1400

mordicant?a1425

pungitive?a1425

raw1590

pungent1598

stanging1602

stingyc1615

scorpiaca1670

verberous1688

shrewd1842

snapping1845

stounding1848

mordant1876

smartful1906

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 225 Er þat styngande storme stynt ne myȝt.

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 3/4 He hath a verye prickinge and stinginge payne.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 331 Thou shalt be pinch'd As thicke as hony-combe, each pinch more stinging Then Bees that made 'em.

1820 J. Keats Isabella in Lamia & Other Poems 56 And many once proud-quiver'd loins did melt In blood from stinging whip.

1825 W. Scott Betrothed iii, in Tales Crusaders I. 59 ‘Good ware,’ he said, ‘Master Butler, strong stinging ware.’

1841 H. W. Longfellow Wreck of Hesperus in Boston Bk. (ed. 3) 75 He wrapp'd her warm in his seaman's coat Against the stinging blast.

1862 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. (ed. 2) III. 333 A concentrated acid liquid, which produces a stinging sensation when applied to the skin.

1867 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood III. vi. 136 Fierce showers of stinging hail.

1889 Jessopp in Dict. National Biogr. XVII. 230/1 She gave Essex a good stinging blow on the face.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 393 Shooting, darting, or stinging pains.

3. figurative. That causes sharp mental pain or irritation, poignant; that goads or stimulates. Of speech: Biting, pungent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > [adjective]

eileOE

soreOE

balefulc1200

carefulc1200

aching?c1225

pinefulc1225

sughendc1230

pininga1250

stinginga1250

toughc1275

deringa1325

unsetec1325

unwinc1330

throlya1375

encumbrousc1384

grievable1390

painful1395

plaintfula1400

sweamlya1400

swemandc1400

temptingc1400

importunea1425

sweamfulc1430

penible?a1439

discomfortingc1450

grievingc1450

remordingc1450

sorousc1503

badc1530

paining1532

raw1548

nippingc1550

smartful1556

pinching1563

grievesome1568

griping1568

afflictive1576

pressing1591

boisterous1599

heartstruck1608

carkingc1620

gravaminous1659

vellicating1669

weary1785

traumatizing1970

gut-wrenching1972

the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > [adjective] > irritating

stinginga1250

provocativea1600

nettling1607

provokinga1643

provocating1651

urging1655

aggravating1685

irritating1707

piquing1794

enfevering1799

naggy1825

exasperative1837

raspish1854

exasperating1858

nagging1859

riling1860

provocatory1870

irritative1878

enraging1880

irritant1885

naggish1885

antagonizing1896

teasy1901

soddish1922

pissy1930

jerk1947

needling1958

the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > cause of mental anguish or torment > [adjective] > causing a pang

stinginga1250

twinging1647

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > [adjective] > sharp

stinginga1529

salta1600

salted1647

caustic1771

acuminated1833

salty1866

lashing1900

sting-tailed1905

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > sourness or bitterness of temper > [adjective] > of speech or speaker

stinginga1529

tart1601

tart-tongued1602

acrimonious1651

acerb1822

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > mordant

smartc1330

unkeen?a1425

mordant1474

piquant1521

pugnant1537

quick1542

nippingc1547

nippy1575

cutting1582

yarking1593

stinging1600

pointed1617

pungent1619

toothed1628

aculeate1640

mordacious1648

aculeated1655

piperaceous1674

peppery1826

pointy1883

lashing1900

a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 133 Ðe delit of ðe stincginde [?c1225 Cleo. stinkinde] lust.

a1529 J. Skelton Against Venemous Tongues in Wks. (1843) I. 134 Malicious tunges..Are sharper then swordes.., More stinging then scorpions.

1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 35^v Doe thy worst to mee thou stinging spite.

1600 tr. T. Garzoni Hosp. Incurable Fooles 96 They studied quicke and stinging sayings, for the sharpning of their wits.

1647 J. Hall Poems ii. 82 How stinging are our sorrowes!

a1732 T. Boston Crook in Lot (1805) 31 How could he miss of a stinging remembrance of the cheat he had..put upon his own father?

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xv. 541 Eloquent vituperation and stinging sarcasm.

1885 Manch. Examiner 8 May 5/1 Except a stinging rejoinder from Mr. Pember, nothing more was said.

†4. Music. stinging grace = sting-grace n. at sting n.² Compounds 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > ornament > [noun] > grace > in lute playing

sting1676

sting-grace1676

stinging grace1676

1676 T. Mace Musick's Monument 131 You must Pause, and use the Stinging Grace a Pritty while.

Derivatives

ˈstingingly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > cause of mental anguish or torment > [adverb]

unsoftOE

sharplya1023

derfly?c1225

derfc1325

pinefullyc1390

anguishouslyc1440

heinouslya1555

tormentingly1575

keenlya1593

cuttingly1611

torturingly?a1625

stingingly1667

severelya1682

piercingly1781

harrowingly1799

excruciatingly1808

martyrly1819

pinchingly1825

crucifyingly1826

torturously1857

woundingly1887

scarifyingly1921

the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [adverb] > smarting or stinging

sharplya1023

smart1624

sharp1635

stingingly1667

smartingly1703

bitingly1874

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adverb] > mordantly

nippingly1542

cuttingly1611

mordaciously1657

pungently1658

mordantly1836

stingingly1873

1667 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) ii. xvii. 142 A Grief..set off more stingingly to us by the more flush and full representations of another's Happiness.

1748 T. Smith Jrnl. (1849) 270 Cold, and the year ends stingingly.

1873 E. Bulwer-Lytton Kenelm Chillingly I. i. viii. 57 Not exactly in those words—more covertly, and therefore more stingingly.

1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 May 11/1 The Government..was stingingly criticised from the Opposition benches.

ˈstingingness n.

ΚΠ

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Stingingness, stinging Quality.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	stinging
释义	stingingn. /ˈstɪŋɪŋ/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s stynkyng(g)e. Etymology: < sting v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. a. The action of wounding with a sting; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > wound > stings or bites stingc900 stinging1398 biting1527 flea-bite1570 flea-biting1598 bite1736 bug bite1739 snip1767 stangc1800 myiasis1839 snake-bite1839 tooth-wound1899 the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [noun] > smarting or stinging stingc900 smartingOE smarta1225 stanginga1300 stinging1398 mordicationa1413 stang1513 urtication1655 smartness1682 verberation1688 mordicancy1693 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xiii. xxvi. 461 The juys of euery fysshe helpyth agaynst venemouse styngynges. c1450 Middle Eng. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 184 Ageyns bytynnge or stynkyngge of scorpyons or of serpentes. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. at Psylli They also do cure the styngynge and poysonynge of serpentes by soukynge the place whyche is venymed. 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 926 Physicians have found out many remedies against the stingings of Wasps. 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 98 A good remedy for stinging of nettles. 1832 S. Warren Passages from Diary of Late Physician II. ii. 77 Comparing the pain to that which might follow the incessant stinging of a wasp at the spinal marrow. b. transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > cause of mental anguish or torment > [noun] > action of afflicting with a pang stinginga1300 thrilling1526 panging1863 a1300 E.E. Psalter lix. 3 Þou dranke vs with wine of stinginge [L. vino compunctionis]. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 29 Bi for þat bats were made in religioun bi stinging of þe fend [L. Diaboli instinctu]. 1506 tr. Kalender of Shepherdes sig. O.iij^v Swete wordis with a venemous stynkynge [1503 pyckant] of the tayle. 1579 J. Field tr. J. Calvin Serm. i. 8 b The prickes & stingings they haue in their consciences. a1631 J. Donne Goe, catch a Falling Starre in Poems 6 Teach me to heare Mermaides singing, Or to keep off envies stinging. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1646 (1955) II. 521 This night felt such a stinging all about me that I could not sleepe. 1859 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 440 Drances, whom the fame Of Turnus spurred with crooked jealousy, And bitter stingings. c. stinging-cell n. Zoology a nematocyst. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > member of > parts of > cell in which power of stinging resides thread-cell1859 nematocyst1868 cnida1876 nemocyst1878 stinging-cell1885 cnidocyst1888 colloblast1900 1885 A. S. Pennington Brit. Zoophytes 138 The stinging or urticating cells, or nematocysts, contain the stinging threads. 1892 J. A. Thomson Outl. Zool. x. 127 On the tentacles [of Hydra] especially, one can see..numerous clumps of clear stinging-cells. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2022). stingingadj. /ˈstɪŋɪŋ/ Etymology: < sting v.¹ + -ing suffix². 1. That stings, that has power to sting; used (often as a specific designation): a. of animals. stinging lizard, one of several North American lizards, esp. a spiny lizard of the genus Sceloporus, also called a scorpion. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > [adjective] > stinging stingingc1230 the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [adjective] > smarting or stinging > of animal stingingc1230 the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Iguanidae > member of genus Sceloporus (fence-lizard) swift1530 pine lizard1842 stinging lizard1870 fence-lizard1889 c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 45 Herst tu hu Salomon eueneð bacbitere to stinginde neddre. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xxiii. 28 Stynggynge flies. 1569 E. Spenser tr. Petrarch Epigr. in T. Roest tr. J. van der Noot Theatre Worldlings sig. Bvi^v A stinging Serpent by the heele hir caught. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus v. i. 14 Like stinging Bees in hottest summers day. View more context for this quotation 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. i. 21 Swarmes of stinging Flies, whereof men dy'd. 1854 A. Adams et al. Man. Nat. Hist. 228 Stinging-Ants (Myrmicidæ). 1862 T. W. Harris Treat. Insects Injurious to Vegetation (ed. 3) 513 The stinging Hymenoptera. 1870 J. C. Duval Adventures Big-Foot Wallace xlv. 294 They chaw tobacco and drink whiskey even in the winter~time, when the ‘cow-killers’ and stinging-lizards are all frozen up. 1889 H. H. McConnell Five Years Cavalryman 77 The ‘scorpion’ or ‘stinging lizard’ abounds. 1892 J. A. Thomson Outl. Zool. x. 121 Cœlenterata or Stinging-animals. 1926 J. K. Strecker in J. F. Dobie Rainbow in Morning (1965) 61 The true scorpion is popularly called a ‘stinging lizard’, this misnomer being in common use throughout the state of Texas. b. of plants. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > [adjective] > stinging or not stinging stinging1525 surd1598 the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [adjective] > smarting or stinging > of plant stinging1525 urticating1843 1525 tr. H. von Brunschwig Noble Experyence Vertuous Handy Warke Surg. xcii. R ij b With water of the styngynge nettylles. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. ii. 18 Yeelde stinging nettles to mine enemies. View more context for this quotation 1776 J. Lee Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) Explan. Terms 380 Urens, stinging, armed with stings. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xxii. 553 In the East Indian sea a stinging sea-weed also is found. 1874 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. (rev. ed.) Suppl. 1344/2 Stinging-bush, Jatropha stimulans. 1887 W. Hillhouse tr. E. Strasburger Handbk. Pract. Bot. 77 The stinging hairs of the common stinging nettle (Urtica dioica). 1890 C. Lumholtz Among Cannibals 252 The stinging-tree (Laportea moroides). 2. transferred. That produces a sharp pain or tingling smart, a burning sensation, or the like. Said also of the pain or sensation. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [adjective] > smarting or stinging smartingOE biting1340 stingingc1400 mordicant?a1425 pungitive?a1425 raw1590 pungent1598 stanging1602 stingyc1615 scorpiaca1670 verberous1688 shrewd1842 snapping1845 stounding1848 mordant1876 smartful1906 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 225 Er þat styngande storme stynt ne myȝt. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 3/4 He hath a verye prickinge and stinginge payne. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 331 Thou shalt be pinch'd As thicke as hony-combe, each pinch more stinging Then Bees that made 'em. View more context for this quotation 1820 J. Keats Isabella in Lamia & Other Poems 56 And many once proud-quiver'd loins did melt In blood from stinging whip. 1825 W. Scott Betrothed iii, in Tales Crusaders I. 59 ‘Good ware,’ he said, ‘Master Butler, strong stinging ware.’ 1841 H. W. Longfellow Wreck of Hesperus in Boston Bk. (ed. 3) 75 He wrapp'd her warm in his seaman's coat Against the stinging blast. 1862 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. (ed. 2) III. 333 A concentrated acid liquid, which produces a stinging sensation when applied to the skin. 1867 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood III. vi. 136 Fierce showers of stinging hail. 1889 Jessopp in Dict. National Biogr. XVII. 230/1 She gave Essex a good stinging blow on the face. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 393 Shooting, darting, or stinging pains. 3. figurative. That causes sharp mental pain or irritation, poignant; that goads or stimulates. Of speech: Biting, pungent. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > [adjective] eileOE soreOE balefulc1200 carefulc1200 aching?c1225 pinefulc1225 sughendc1230 pininga1250 stinginga1250 toughc1275 deringa1325 unsetec1325 unwinc1330 throlya1375 encumbrousc1384 grievable1390 painful1395 plaintfula1400 sweamlya1400 swemandc1400 temptingc1400 importunea1425 sweamfulc1430 penible?a1439 discomfortingc1450 grievingc1450 remordingc1450 sorousc1503 badc1530 paining1532 raw1548 nippingc1550 smartful1556 pinching1563 grievesome1568 griping1568 afflictive1576 pressing1591 boisterous1599 heartstruck1608 carkingc1620 gravaminous1659 vellicating1669 weary1785 traumatizing1970 gut-wrenching1972 the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > [adjective] > irritating stinginga1250 provocativea1600 nettling1607 provokinga1643 provocating1651 urging1655 aggravating1685 irritating1707 piquing1794 enfevering1799 naggy1825 exasperative1837 raspish1854 exasperating1858 nagging1859 riling1860 provocatory1870 irritative1878 enraging1880 irritant1885 naggish1885 antagonizing1896 teasy1901 soddish1922 pissy1930 jerk1947 needling1958 the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > cause of mental anguish or torment > [adjective] > causing a pang stinginga1250 twinging1647 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > [adjective] > sharp stinginga1529 salta1600 salted1647 caustic1771 acuminated1833 salty1866 lashing1900 sting-tailed1905 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > sourness or bitterness of temper > [adjective] > of speech or speaker stinginga1529 tart1601 tart-tongued1602 acrimonious1651 acerb1822 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > mordant smartc1330 unkeen?a1425 mordant1474 piquant1521 pugnant1537 quick1542 nippingc1547 nippy1575 cutting1582 yarking1593 stinging1600 pointed1617 pungent1619 toothed1628 aculeate1640 mordacious1648 aculeated1655 piperaceous1674 peppery1826 pointy1883 lashing1900 a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 133 Ðe delit of ðe stincginde [?c1225 Cleo. stinkinde] lust. a1529 J. Skelton Against Venemous Tongues in Wks. (1843) I. 134 Malicious tunges..Are sharper then swordes.., More stinging then scorpions. 1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 35^v Doe thy worst to mee thou stinging spite. 1600 tr. T. Garzoni Hosp. Incurable Fooles 96 They studied quicke and stinging sayings, for the sharpning of their wits. 1647 J. Hall Poems ii. 82 How stinging are our sorrowes! a1732 T. Boston Crook in Lot (1805) 31 How could he miss of a stinging remembrance of the cheat he had..put upon his own father? 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xv. 541 Eloquent vituperation and stinging sarcasm. 1885 Manch. Examiner 8 May 5/1 Except a stinging rejoinder from Mr. Pember, nothing more was said. †4. Music. stinging grace = sting-grace n. at sting n.² Compounds 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > ornament > [noun] > grace > in lute playing sting1676 sting-grace1676 stinging grace1676 1676 T. Mace Musick's Monument 131 You must Pause, and use the Stinging Grace a Pritty while. Derivatives ˈstingingly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > cause of mental anguish or torment > [adverb] unsoftOE sharplya1023 derfly?c1225 derfc1325 pinefullyc1390 anguishouslyc1440 heinouslya1555 tormentingly1575 keenlya1593 cuttingly1611 torturingly?a1625 stingingly1667 severelya1682 piercingly1781 harrowingly1799 excruciatingly1808 martyrly1819 pinchingly1825 crucifyingly1826 torturously1857 woundingly1887 scarifyingly1921 the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [adverb] > smarting or stinging sharplya1023 smart1624 sharp1635 stingingly1667 smartingly1703 bitingly1874 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adverb] > mordantly nippingly1542 cuttingly1611 mordaciously1657 pungently1658 mordantly1836 stingingly1873 1667 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) ii. xvii. 142 A Grief..set off more stingingly to us by the more flush and full representations of another's Happiness. 1748 T. Smith Jrnl. (1849) 270 Cold, and the year ends stingingly. 1873 E. Bulwer-Lytton Kenelm Chillingly I. i. viii. 57 Not exactly in those words—more covertly, and therefore more stingingly. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 May 11/1 The Government..was stingingly criticised from the Opposition benches. ˈstingingness n. ΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Stingingness, stinging Quality. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1300adj.c1230
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