sting
noun
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- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
the sting of death
Types & categories
- pain hypernym
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Sense 2 verb
cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
The sun burned his face
Types & categories
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Sense 3 noun
a mental pain or distress
a pang of conscience
Types & categories
- pain hypernym
Related & opposite
- sting derivation
Sense 4 verb
deliver a sting to
A bee stung my arm yesterday
Types & categories
- pierce hypernym
Related & opposite
- stinger derivation
- insect bite derivation
Sense 5 noun
a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
Types & categories
- harm hypernym
- bee sting hyponym
- flea bite hyponym
- mosquito bite hyponym
Related & opposite
- sting derivation
Sense 6 verb
saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
They stuck me with the dinner bill
Types & categories
- thrust hypernym
Sense 7 noun
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
Types & categories
- swindle hypernym
- sting operation hyponym
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Sense 8 verb
cause a stinging pain
The needle pricked his skin
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Sense 9 verb
cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
His remark stung her
Types & categories
- spite hypernym
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sting |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sting |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | twinge |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | pain |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stinger |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stinger |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | burn |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sting |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | burn |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hurt |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | nettle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sting |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | pain |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | stinger |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | insect bite |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | pierce |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sting |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | harm |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | bee sting |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | flea bite |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | mosquito bite |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | thrust |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | goldbrick |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | trick |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | swindle |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | sting operation |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | stinger |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | stinger |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | twinge |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | sting |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | ache |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | prickle |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | stinger |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | sting |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | sting |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | spite |