Sting
nnoun.statea kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stungSynset:stinging
Examples:- the sting of death
- he felt the stinging of nettles
Derivationally Related Form:sting
Hypernyms:hurting pain
Inherited Hypernyms:stingpainsymptomevidenceinformationcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.statea mental pain or distressSynset:pang
Derivationally Related Form:sting
Hypernyms:hurting pain
Inherited Hypernyms:pangpainsymptomevidenceinformationcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.statea painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skinSynset:bite insect bite
Derivationally Related Form:stingbite
Hypernyms:harm hurt injury trauma
Inherited Hypernyms:stinginjuryill healthpathological statephysical conditionconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:bee stingflea bitemosquito bite
Full Hyponyms:bee stingflea bitemosquito bite
nnoun.acta swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless propertySynset:bunco bunco game bunko bunko game con con game confidence game confidence trick flimflam hustle
Derivationally Related Form:conflim-flambunco
Hypernyms:cheat rig swindle
Inherited Hypernyms:buncoswindlefraudcrimeoffensetransgressionwrongdoingactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:sting operation
Full Hyponyms:sting operation
nnoun.actoperation designed to catch a person committing a criminal actSynset:sting operation
Examples:- the police conducted a sting operation
Hypernyms:operation
Inherited Hypernyms:stingoperationactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.perceptioncause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfortSynset:bite burn
Derivationally Related Form:stingburnstinger
Hypernyms:ache hurt smart
Inherited Hypernyms:biteachecause to be perceived
Direct Hyponyms:nettleurticate
Full Troponyms:nettle
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.contactdeliver a sting toSynset:bite prick
Examples:- A bee stung my arm yesterday
Derivationally Related Form:stingbitestinger
Hypernyms:pierce
Inherited Hypernyms:stingpiercepenetrateenter
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.communicationsaddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageousSynset:stick
Examples:- They stuck me with the dinner bill
- I was stung with a huge tax bill
Hypernyms:force thrust
Inherited Hypernyms:stickforcecompelinduce
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody with something
vverb.perceptioncause a stinging painSynset:prick twinge
Examples:- The needle pricked his skin
Derivationally Related Form:stingstingingstingertwinge
Hypernyms:ache hurt suffer
Inherited Hypernyms:prickhurtperceive
Direct Hyponyms:prickprickle
Full Troponyms:prickle
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.emotioncause an emotional pain, as if by stingingDerivationally Related Form:stingstingingstinger
Hypernyms:bruise hurt injure offend spite wound
Inherited Hypernyms:stinghurtarousemake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: sting)