Stinging

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪŋɪŋ

Full definition of stinging

Adjective

1. Having the capacity to sting.stinging nettles

Verb

1. Present participle of sting
• 1892, James Yoxall, The Lonely Pyramid Chapter 5, The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom....Drifts of yellow vapour, fiery, parching, stinging, filled the air.

Noun

1. The act by which someone receives a sting.the stingings of scorpionsstingings of remorse