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a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect''s stinger into skin a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles" deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday" cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; "His remark stung her" a mental pain or distress; "a pang of conscience" saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill" cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face" cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin" a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property |
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