| noun | a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung “the sting of death” |
| noun | a mental pain or distress “a pang of conscience” |
| noun | a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin |
| noun | a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property |
| verb | cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort “The sun burned his face” |
| verb | deliver a sting to “A bee stung my arm yesterday” |
| verb | saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous “They stuck me with the dinner bill” |
| verb | cause a stinging pain “The needle pricked his skin” |
| verb | cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging “His remark stung her” |
| sting | verb | cause a stinging pain |
| bite | verb | deliver a sting to |
| bunco | verb | deprive of by deceit |
| con | verb | deprive of by deceit |
| gyp | verb | deprive of by deceit |
| flim-flam | verb | deceive somebody |
| sting | noun | a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung |
| stinger | noun | a sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray or scorpion) often connected with a poison gland |
| burn | noun | pain that feels hot as if it were on fire |
| bite | noun | a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin |
| stinging | noun | a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung |
| twinge | noun | a sharp stab of pain |