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Adjective stung has 1 sense
  1. stung - feeling sharp psychological pain; "stung by the remark, she retorted angrily"
    Antonym:     uninjured (indirect, via injured)
,Verb sting has 5 senses
  1. bite, sting, burn - cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"
    --1 is one way to ache, smart, hurt
    Derived forms: noun sting1, noun stinger4, noun stinger5
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  2. sting, bite, prick - deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday"
    --2 is one way to pierce
    Derived forms: noun sting3, noun stinger4
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  3. stick, sting - saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill"
    --3 is one way to force, thrust
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody with something
  4. prick, sting, twinge - cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin"
    --4 is one way to hurt, ache, suffer
    Derived forms: noun sting1, noun stinger4, noun stinger5, noun stinging1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  5. sting - cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; "His remark stung her"
    --5 is one way to     hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
    Derived forms: noun sting2, noun stinger2, noun stinging1
    Sample sentence:
    The performance is likely to sting Sue
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