Dictionary Entry
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
- 1present participle
of Sting
- 2adjective
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.
- 3noun
a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
"the sting of death"
"he felt the stinging of nettles"
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- 4adjective
(of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
"cutting remarks"
"edged satire"
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