Lexic.us

Definition of Stinging

1. Adjective. (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character. "A stinging comment"

2. Noun. A kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung. "He felt the stinging of nettles"

Definition of Stinging

1. a. Piercing, or capable of piercing, with a sting; inflicting acute pain as if with a sting, goad, or pointed weapon; pungent; biting; as, stinging cold; a stinging rebuke.

Definition of Stinging

1. Adjective. Having the capacity to sting. ¹

2. Verb. (present participle of sting) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stinging

1. sting [v] - See also: sting

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stinging

stingaree stingaree-bush stingarees stingbull stinged stinger stingerless stingers stingfish stingfishes

stingier stingiest stingily stinginess stinginesses stinging (current term) stinging hair stinging nettle stingingly stingings

stingless stingo stingos stingray stingrays stings stingy stink stink-bomb stink-cat

Literary usage of Stinging

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of ChangeTechnology (1994)
"In large specimens, these stinging tentacles may trail down as much as 100 feet into the water. Nematocysts are characteristic of a large group of related, ..."

2. On the Instincts and Habits of the Solitary Wasps by George Williams Peckham, Elizabeth G. Peckham (1898)
"THE stinging HABIT IN WASPS. Among writers on psychology and biology there are few subjects that have given rise to more speculation than the origin and ..."

3. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"Stem herbaceous, erect, ridged and furrowed, pubescent with short deflexed and bulbous-rooted, stinging hairs, pale green or stained purple on the ridges; ..."

4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"Herbs, sometimes twining and often with stinging hairs, rarely cult.: Ivs. alternate, toothed or lobed: fls. monoecious, racemose, apetalous, inconspicuous; ..."

5. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1890)
"... roots of trees—Great crab—stinging corals—Coral-eating fish—Coral formations—Lagoon islands or atolls—Depth at which reef-building corals can live—Vast ..."

6. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"... of dead Coral—Stones transported in the roots of Trees—Great Crab —stinging Corals—Coral-eating Fish—Coral Formations—Lagoon Islands, or Atolls—Depth at ..."

7. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1889)
"... —Stones transported in the roots of trees—Great crab—stinging corals —Coral - eating Jish—Coral formations—Lagoon islands or atolls— Depth at which, ..."

8. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1884)
"... and flowing Springs—Fields of dead Coral —Stones transported in the roots of Trees—Great Crab—stinging Corals —Coral-eating Fish—Coral Formations—Lagoon ..."

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