stinging

stinging is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Sting. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 14 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. present participle. of Sting
2. adjective. Piercing, or capable of piercing, with a sting; inflicting acute pain as if with a sting, goad, or pointed weapon; pungent; biting; as, stinging cold; a stinging rebuke.
3. noun. a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung

   "the sting of death"

   "he felt the stinging of nettles"

   Synonyms: sting

4. adjective. (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character

   "cutting remarks"

   "edged satire"

   Synonyms: cutting, edged

Synonyms

sting, cutting, edged

Common word forms

sting, stinge, stingingly, stingingness

Words from these letters

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