Synonyms for sting
stɪŋsting

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1. sting, stingingnoun

   a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung

   "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles"

   Synonyms:
   con game, flimflam, bunko, confidence game, bunko game, gyp, bunco, pang, stinging, con, confidence trick, bunco game, insect bite, bite, hustle

2. pang, stingnoun

   a mental pain or distress

   "a pang of conscience"

   Synonyms:
   stab, bunco, confidence game, hustle, insect bite, confidence trick, twinge, bunko game, con game, gyp, stinging, pang, bunco game, bite, con, bunko, flimflam

3. sting, bite, insect bitenoun

   a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin

   Synonyms:
   confidence game, bunco, bit, morsel, snack, hustle, raciness, insect bite, confidence trick, pungency, chomp, bunko game, con game, gyp, stinging, pang, bunco game, sharpness, bite, con, collation, bunko, flimflam

4. bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflamverb

   a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

   Synonyms:
   confidence game, bunco, insect bite, hustle, convict, bunko, confidence trick, stir, fuss, flurry, stinging, bunko game, con game, gyp, ado, yard bird, bustle, bunco game, pang, con, inmate, yardbird, flimflam, bite

5. bite, sting, burnverb

   cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort

   "The sun burned his face"

   Synonyms:
   stick, burn down, seize with teeth, burn, prick, burn up, cut, twinge, incinerate, sunburn, combust, burn off, bite, cauterize, glow, cauterise, fire

6. sting, bite, prickverb

   deliver a sting to

   "A bee stung my arm yesterday"

   Synonyms:
   seize with teeth, goad, stick, prick, burn, prickle, twinge, prick up, bite, cock up

7. stick, stingverb

   saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous

   "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill"

   Synonyms:
   stand by, stupefy, stick by, baffle, stick, perplex, cleave, bond, get, mystify, burn, flummox, cling, bind, beat, stick around, nonplus, dumbfound, twinge, prick, cohere, lodge, hold fast, deposit, amaze, stick to, stay put, gravel, stay, bewilder, wedge, vex, bite, pose, puzzle, adhere

8. prick, sting, twingeverb

   cause a stinging pain

   "The needle pricked his skin"

   Synonyms:
   squeeze, twitch, goad, prick, pinch, burn, tweet, prickle, stick, twinge, prick up, bite, cock up

9. stingverb

   cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging

   "His remark stung her"

   Synonyms:
   twinge, prick, stick, burn, bite

Matched Categories

1. • Force
   • Hurt
   • Pain

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. stingverb

   Synonyms:
   prick, wound, hurt

2. stingverb

   Synonyms:
   afflict, pain, cut to the quick, go to one's heart

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. stingnoun

   Synonyms:
   aculeus, prick, goad, incitement

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "sting":

   darter, stinger, bite, tingling, scam, frame-up

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1. List of known nicknames for "Sting":

   Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, Gordon Sumner, Gordon Matthew Sumner, Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner CBE

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How to use sting in a sentence?

1. But Cox:

   I wanted my peers to respect me and I know that the Golden Globes is not your peers, necessarily, but it’s like, ‘ Ah ! ’ It took a little of the sting out.

2. Mayor Christopher Bobbitt:

   As I have said publicly before, hate has no home in Lawrence Township. As someone that has felt its sting, I know that bigotry exists and sadly will continue to exist but that doesn't mean that I give up. Instead I look to find allies that will help me fight the cancer of bigotry.

3. Brandon Garic Notch:

   The taste of blood and that annoying sting of a bitten tongue. Once man got the taste of blood there was no going back, like a serpent circling itself eating its own tail.”

4. Robert Travis:

   The yellow jackets, they like to sting me more than the honey bees, you get stung enough times you know what’s coming.

5. Adriano Enong:

   Our undercover agents killed two known drug peddlers in sting operations, there was a shootout between undercover police officers and drug peddlers when the men sensed they had sold 500 pesos ($10.80) worth of drugs to policemen.