Sting

//stɪŋ//

Synonyms for "sting" (335 found)

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Closest matches (67)

Strong matches (101)

Verb(24 words)

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grill grind one's gears harsh one's mellow hassle

chisel chouse chouse out of clip cog cog the dice come home to con convulse cozen crib crucify cusp cut cut up dart defraud diddle direction finder distress

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Noun(8 words)

con con game confidence game confidence trick dming dungeon mastering flimflam gming

Related words (167)

Noun(6 words)

hustle insect bite pang sounder sting operation stinging

Verb(46 words)

ignite impel incense incite induce invoke kindle molest mommick motivate nark pee off peeve pique piss off prick promote prompt push quicken

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inflame inflict pain injure instrument irritate itch keenness kill by inches lacerate lash martyr martyrize melt melt the heart mordacity mordancy move mucro mulct neb

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Related word relations

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10 relation types

More general

23 entries

ache bruise cheat force fraud harm hurt hurting injure injury offend operation pain pierce rig

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Synonyms

10 entries

bite bunco dming dungeon mastering gming pang prick stick sting operation stinger

causes desire

1 entries

wash dirt from between toes

derived

10 entries

European sting winkle bee sting countersting ring sting sting in the tail sting like a bee stinging nettle stingless stingproof stingy

form of

1 entries

has context

3 entries

botany law enforcement sometimes figurative

is a

5 entries

film injury pain person wrestler

manner of

2 entries

hurt pierce

related to

55 entries

acrid animal animal defense attack bee bee attack bee bite bee defense bee hurt bee venom bee weapon bees bite bump butt comedy

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similar

1 entries

burn

Translations

235 translations across 65 languages.

Afrikaans

4 entries

prik noun (sharp, localised pain in epidermis)
steek noun (puncture)
steekplek noun (bump on skin)
steek verb (to hurt)

Albanian

4 entries

pickim noun (bump on skin)
thumim (gheg) noun (bump on skin)
n'ze (gheg) verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
pickoj verb (to hurt)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

δῆγμα noun (bump on skin)
δῆγμα noun (puncture)
κεντέω verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Arabic

4 entries

طَعَنَ verb (to hurt)
عض verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
قرص verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
قرص verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Armenian

3 entries

խայթոց noun (puncture)
խայթել verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
կծել verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Bashkir

1 entries

сағыу verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Belarusian

3 entries

джа́ліць verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
джгаць verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
куса́ць verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Brunei Malay

1 entries

sangat verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Bulgarian

3 entries

ожилване noun (bump on skin)
ожилване noun (puncture)
жиля verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Catalan

4 entries

fiblada noun (bump on skin)
picada noun (bump on skin)
fiblar verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
picar verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Cebuano

2 entries

gipaak verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
napaak verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

پێوەدان verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

叮咬 noun (puncture)
刺 verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
刺痛 verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
叮 verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Czech

4 entries

bodnutí noun (bump on skin)
bodnutí noun (puncture)
léčka noun (police operation)
píchnutí noun (bump on skin)

Egyptian

1 entries

p:z-H-bH-A2 verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Esperanto

3 entries

piko noun (puncture)
piki verb (to hurt)
piki verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Finnish

4 entries

koukku noun (harmful or painful part of something)
piikki noun (concluding point of a sarcastic saying)
pisto noun (bump on skin)
pisto noun (puncture)

French

3 entries

piqûre noun (bump on skin)
piqûre noun (puncture)
piquer verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Friulian

2 entries

spongi verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
sponzi verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Galician

3 entries

aferretar verb (to hurt)
aferretar verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
picar verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

German

4 entries

(scorpion) Skorpionstich noun (puncture)
Bienenstich noun (puncture)
Biss noun (puncture)
Insektenbiss noun (puncture)

Greek

3 entries

κεντρίζω verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
τσιμπάω verb (to hurt)
τσιμπάω verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Hebrew

1 entries

עֲקִיצָה noun (puncture)

Hindi

3 entries

डंक noun (bump on skin)
डंक noun (puncture)
दंश noun (bump on skin)

Hungarian

4 entries

csípés noun (bump on skin)
csípés noun (puncture)
csíp verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
szúr verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Ingrian

2 entries

panekki noun (puncture)
pistää verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Irish

2 entries

cealg noun (puncture)
cealg verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Italian

4 entries

bozzo noun (bump on skin)
escrescenza noun (bump on skin)
gonfiore noun (bump on skin)
protuberanza noun (bump on skin)

Japanese

4 entries

刺し傷 noun (bump on skin)
刺傷 noun (bump on skin)
囮捜査 noun (police operation)
虫さされ noun (puncture)

Korean

3 entries

물다 verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
쏘다 verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
찌르다 verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Ladin

2 entries

sponje verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
sponjer verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Latin

2 entries

pungō verb (to hurt)
īcō verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Latvian

2 entries

dzelt verb (to hurt)
dzelt verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Lithuanian

1 entries

gelti verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Macedonian

2 entries

боцне verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
боцнува verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Malay

2 entries

sengatan noun (puncture)
sengat verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Malayalam

1 entries

കുത്തുക verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Māori

3 entries

kakati verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
nanamu verb (to hurt)
wero verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Norman

1 entries

pitchi verb (to hurt)

Norwegian

3 entries

stikk noun (bump on skin)
stikk noun (puncture)
stikke verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Occitan

1 entries

picar verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Oromo

1 entries

hidduu verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

صوقمق verb (to hurt)
صوقمق verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Persian

2 entries

گزش noun (puncture)
گزیدن verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Polish

4 entries

ukąszenie noun (bump on skin)
ukąszenie noun (puncture)
użądlenie noun (puncture)
kąsać verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Portuguese

4 entries

ferroada noun (puncture)
picada noun (puncture)
morder verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
picar verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Quechua

2 entries

kaniy verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
wach'iy verb (to hurt)

Romanian

4 entries

înțepătură noun (puncture)
pișca verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
împunge verb (to hurt)
înțepa verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Russian

4 entries

быть ужаленным noun (bump on skin)
уку́с насеко́мого noun (puncture)
боле́ть verb (to hurt)
жа́лить verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

ubádati verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
ùbosti verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
у̀бости verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
уба́дати verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Simalungun Batak

1 entries

sorod verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Slovak

2 entries

bodnúť verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
pichnúť verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Slovene

1 entries

pičiti verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Spanish

4 entries

operación encubierta noun (police operation)
picadura noun (bump on skin)
picadura noun (puncture)
punzada noun (sharp, localised pain in epidermis)

Swedish

2 entries

sticka verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
stinga verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Tagalog

2 entries

kinagat verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
nasakitan verb (to hurt)

Telugu

3 entries

కుట్టు noun (puncture)
కుట్టు noun (sharp, localised pain in epidermis)
కుట్టు verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Thai

4 entries

กัด noun (puncture)
ต่อย noun (puncture)
กัด verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
ต่อย verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Turkish

4 entries

sokma noun (puncture)
sokmak verb (to hurt)
sokmak verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
ısırmak verb (to hurt)

Ukrainian

4 entries

джигну́ти verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
жа́лити verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
жига́ти verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
куса́ти verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Venetan

4 entries

ponxar verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
ponxer verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
ponzar verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
ponzer verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Vietnamese

2 entries

chích verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
đốt verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Volapük

4 entries

(scorpion) skorpionastegül noun (puncture)
bienastegül noun (puncture)
flibastegül noun (puncture)
näsäkastegül noun (puncture)

Walloon

2 entries

hagnî verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)
piker verb (of an insect or arachnid: to puncture with the stinger)

Welsh

3 entries

blew pigog noun (stinging hair of a plant)
pigiad noun (bump on skin)
pigiad noun (puncture)

Sample sentences

27 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I got a nasty sting from a wasp.

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Do those insects sting?

Source: tatoeba (67943)

I got a bee sting.

Source: tatoeba (321078)

Do these insects sting?

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