sting

sting
v
1. prick, nettle, bite, nip, snip, pinch; prick, stick, stab, pierce, wound, envenom; smart, burn, chafe, grate, rasp, gall, irritate; gripe, grind, gnaw.
2. hurt, pain, injure, cut to the quick, excruciate, rack, wring; grieve, aggrieve, distress, afflict, harrow, anguish, agonize, torment, torture.
3. goad, prod, spur, prompt; push, drive, propel, motivate, move; incite, provoke, agitate, excite, arouse, rouse, whip up, work up, stir up, enflame, inflame, fire up, kindle, touch off; exasperate, exacerbate, ruffle, roil, aggravate.
4.Slang. cheat, overcharge, Sl. soak; gull, fleece, swindle, mulct, Inf. gyp.
n
5. prick, prickle, bite, nip, pinch; injury, wound, cut, scratch, puncture, stab; sore, burn; smart, pain, hurt, tingling, tingle.
6. shock, blow, stroke; bane, curse, poison, venom, worm, canker, blight, scourge; affliction, torment, torture, agony, anguish, grievance, woe, distress; trial, tribulation, bitter cup or pill, cross, load, burden; bitterness, wormwood, gall and wormwood; rub, irritation, vexation, thorn in one's flesh or side.
7. goad, stimulus, stimulant, incentive, motive; spur, incitement, inducement, instigation, provocation, egging on.

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