I got a nasty sting from a wasp.
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Sting
/stɪŋ/
Synonyms for "sting" (280 found)
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Closest matches (56)
Strong matches (84)
chouse out ofclipcogcog the dicecome home toconconvulsecozencribcrucifycuspcutcut updartdefrauddiddledirection finderdistressdo indo out of
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drilledgeeuchreexcruciateexploitfangfesterfiercenessfinaglefireflamfleeceflimflamflogfobfretfudgegadgadflygallgive offensegive paingive umbragegnawgo deepgo through onegoadgougegrategrievegrindgripgripegullgypharrowharshnesshavehave an edgehocushocus-pocushold uphurthurt the feelingsinflameinflict paininjureinstrumentirritateitch
Noun(12 words)
Verb(2 words)
Related words (140)
keennesskill by incheslaceratelashmartyrmartyrizemeltmelt the heartmordacitymordancymovemucromulctnebneedlenettlenibnipnudgeoffend
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outrageoverchargeoverpriceovertaxoxgoadpack the dealpainparesthesiapenetratepiercepigeonpinchpins and needlespoignancypointpokepractice fraud uponprickpricklepricklespricklingprodprofiteerprolong the agonyput to torturerackrampranklerasprigorrip offrobrookroughnessrowelrubscamscratchscrewsell gold bricksseverityshaftsharpnessshaveshortchangeskinsmartsmartingsnakebitesoaksoftenspurstabstack the cardsstickstimulatestingerstingingstirstridencystringencysurchargeswindletake a divetangtartnessteeththimblerigthrillthrow a fighttingletinglingtiptormenttorturetouchtouch a chordtrenchancytweaktwisttwist the knifeurticationvehemencevictimizeviolencevirulencewhipwhiplashwoundwring
Noun(21 words)
nettlesnettlingpangpangspiercepinpricksprickprickingprickspungencysetupsharp painsharpnesssmartssting operationstingingstinging sensationtraptwingestwinging
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Adjective(1 words)
Related word relations
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More general
29 entriesShowing 16 of 29 words.
More specific
12 entriesbee stingbiting remarkcaustic remarkdrug stingfraud stinghumiliation stingjellyfish stingprostitution stingrejection stingscorpion stingsharp rebukewasp sting
Collocations
8 entriesbee stingsting of betrayalsting of criticismsting operationsting someonesting with a needlestinging painwasp sting
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
5 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 22 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- steek verb (to hurt)
Albanian
1 entries- pickoj verb (to hurt)
Arabic
1 entries- طَعَنَ verb (to hurt)
Czech
3 entries- bodnout verb (to hurt)
- kousnout verb (to hurt)
- píchnout verb (to hurt)
Esperanto
1 entries- piki verb (to hurt)
Finnish
3 entries- poltinkarva noun (stinging hair of a plant)
- pistää verb (to hurt)
- purra verb (to hurt)
Galician
1 entries- aferretar verb (to hurt)
German
1 entries- stechen verb (to hurt)
Greek
1 entries- τσιμπάω verb (to hurt)
Latin
1 entries- pungō verb (to hurt)
Latvian
1 entries- dzelt verb (to hurt)
Māori
1 entries- nanamu verb (to hurt)
Norman
1 entries- pitchi verb (to hurt)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- صوقمق verb (to hurt)
Polish
2 entries- użądlić verb (to hurt)
- żądlić verb (to hurt)
Quechua
1 entries- wach'iy verb (to hurt)
Romanian
1 entries- împunge verb (to hurt)
Russian
4 entries- боле́ть verb (to hurt)
- испы́тывать боль verb (to hurt)
- причиня́ть боль verb (to hurt)
- чу́вствовать боль verb (to hurt)
Spanish
3 entries- arder verb (to hurt)
- picar verb (to hurt)
- pinchar verb (to hurt)
Tagalog
1 entries- nasakitan verb (to hurt)
Turkish
2 entries- sokmak verb (to hurt)
- ısırmak verb (to hurt)
Welsh
1 entries- blew pigog noun (stinging hair of a plant)
Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
Do those insects sting?
Source: tatoeba (67943)
I got a bee sting.
Source: tatoeba (321078)
Do these insects sting?
Source: tatoeba (453903)
Showing 4 of 27 available sentences.