Sting
 

sting
noun1.a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles"2.a mental pain or distress; "a pang of conscience"[syn: pang]3.a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin4.a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
verb1.cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"[syn: bite]2.deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday"3.saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill"[syn: stick]4.cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin"[syn: prick]5.cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; "His remark stung her"