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sting
Overview of noun sting
The noun sting has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) sting, stinging -- (a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles")
2. pang, sting -- (a mental pain or distress; "a pang of conscience")
3. sting, bite, insect bite -- (a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin)
4. bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam -- (a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property)
Overview of verb sting
The verb sting has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (1) bite, sting, burn -- (cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face")
2. (1) sting, bite, prick -- (deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday")
3. (1) stick, sting -- (saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill")
4. prick, sting, twinge -- (cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin")
5. sting -- (cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; "His remark stung her")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sting
4 senses of sting
Sense 1
sting, stinging
=> pain, hurting
=> symptom
=> evidence, grounds
=> information
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
pang, sting
=> pain, hurting
=> symptom
=> evidence, grounds
=> information
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
sting, bite, insect bite
=> injury, hurt, harm, trauma
=> ill health, unhealthiness, health problem
=> pathological state
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam
=> swindle, cheat, rig
=> fraud
=> crime, law-breaking
=> transgression, evildoing
=> wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun sting
2 of 4 senses of sting
Sense 3
sting, bite, insect bite
=> bee sting
=> flea bite
=> mosquito bite
Sense 4
bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam
=> sting operation
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sting
4 senses of sting
Sense 1
sting, stinging
=> pain, hurting
Sense 2
pang, sting
=> pain, hurting
Sense 3
sting, bite, insect bite
=> injury, hurt, harm, trauma
Sense 4
bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam
=> swindle, cheat, rig
Antonyms of noun sting
Member Holonyms of noun sting
Substance Holonyms of noun sting
Part Holonyms of noun sting
Member Meronyms of noun sting
Substance Meronyms of noun sting
Part Meronyms of noun sting
Meronyms of noun sting
Holonyms of noun sting
Attributes of noun sting
Derived Forms of noun sting
3 of 4 senses of sting
Sense 1
sting, stinging
RELATED TO>(verb) sting#4
=> prick, sting, twinge
RELATED TO>(verb) sting#1
=> bite, sting, burn
Sense 2
pang, sting
RELATED TO>(verb) sting#5
=> sting
Sense 3
sting, bite, insect bite
RELATED TO>(verb) sting#2
=> sting, bite, prick
Domain of noun sting
Domain Terms of noun sting
Familiarity of noun sting
sting used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun sting
4 senses of sting
Sense 1
sting, stinging
> pain, hurting
=> ache, aching
=> agony, suffering, excruciation
=> arthralgia
=> burn, burning
=> causalgia
=> colic, intestinal colic, gripes, griping
=> chest pain
=> chiralgia
=> distress
=> dysmenorrhea
=> glossalgia, glossodynia
=> growing pains
=> hemorrhoid, haemorrhoid, piles
=> keratalgia
=> labor pain
=> mastalgia
=> melagra
=> meralgia
=> metralgia
=> myalgia, myodynia
=> nephralgia
=> neuralgia, neuralgy
=> odynophagia
=> orchidalgia
=> pang
=> pang, sting
=> photalgia, photophobia
=> pleurodynia, pleuralgia, costalgia
=> podalgia
=> proctalgia
=> referred pain
=> renal colic
=> smart, smarting, smartness
=> sting, stinging
=> stitch
=> tenderness, soreness, rawness
=> thermalgesia
=> throb
=> torture, torment
=> ulalgia
=> urodynia
Sense 2
pang, sting
> pain, hurting
=> ache, aching
=> agony, suffering, excruciation
=> arthralgia
=> burn, burning
=> causalgia
=> colic, intestinal colic, gripes, griping
=> chest pain
=> chiralgia
=> distress
=> dysmenorrhea
=> glossalgia, glossodynia
=> growing pains
=> hemorrhoid, haemorrhoid, piles
=> keratalgia
=> labor pain
=> mastalgia
=> melagra
=> meralgia
=> metralgia
=> myalgia, myodynia
=> nephralgia
=> neuralgia, neuralgy
=> odynophagia
=> orchidalgia
=> pang
=> pang, sting
=> photalgia, photophobia
=> pleurodynia, pleuralgia, costalgia
=> podalgia
=> proctalgia
=> referred pain
=> renal colic
=> smart, smarting, smartness
=> sting, stinging
=> stitch
=> tenderness, soreness, rawness
=> thermalgesia
=> throb
=> torture, torment
=> ulalgia
=> urodynia
Sense 3
sting, bite, insect bite
> injury, hurt, harm, trauma
=> birth trauma
=> blast trauma
=> bleeding, hemorrhage, haemorrhage
=> blunt trauma
=> bruise, contusion
=> bump
=> burn
=> dislocation
=> electric shock
=> fracture, break
=> frostbite, cryopathy
=> intravasation
=> penetrating trauma, penetrating injury
=> pinch
=> rupture
=> sting, bite, insect bite
=> strain
=> whiplash, whiplash injury
=> wale, welt, weal, wheal
=> wound, lesion
=> wrench, twist, pull
Sense 4
bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam
> swindle, cheat, rig
=> scam, cozenage
=> bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam
=> pyramiding
=> holdout
=> swiz
=> shell game, thimblerig
Meronyms of noun sting
4 senses of sting
Holonyms of noun sting
Grep of noun sting
arm-twisting
bait casting
basting
bee sting
birdnesting
boasting
broadcasting
bronco busting
cascade everlasting
casting
costing
crop-dusting
enlisting
everlasting
fasting
feasting
fly casting
forecasting
frosting
golden everlasting
harvesting
insisting
investing
listing
mental testing
mountain everlasting
ousting
overcasting
pearly everlasting
pink-and-white everlasting
posting
recasting
roasting
rusting
sting
sting operation
stingaree-bush
stinger
stinginess
stinging
stinging hair
stinging nettle
stingray
surf casting
swan river everlasting
tasting
telecasting
testing
thrusting
toasting
trust busting
twisting
wasting
weather forecasting
wine tasting
winged everlasting
Antonyms of verb sting
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sting
5 senses of sting
Sense 1
bite, sting, burn
=> ache, smart, hurt
=> cause to be perceived
Sense 2
sting, bite, prick
=> pierce
=> penetrate, perforate
=> enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into
Sense 3
stick, sting
=> force, thrust
=> compel, oblige, obligate
=> induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
Sense 4
prick, sting, twinge
=> hurt, ache, suffer
=> perceive, comprehend
Sense 5
sting
=> hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
=> arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
=> make, create
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb sting
2 of 5 senses of sting
Sense 1
bite, sting, burn
=> nettle, urticate
Sense 4
prick, sting, twinge
=> prickle, prick
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sting
5 senses of sting
Sense 1
bite, sting, burn
=> ache, smart, hurt
Sense 2
sting, bite, prick
=> pierce
Sense 3
stick, sting
=> force, thrust
Sense 4
prick, sting, twinge
=> hurt, ache, suffer
Sense 5
sting
=> hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
'Cause To' of verb sting
Derived Forms of verb sting
4 of 5 senses of sting
Sense 1
bite, sting, burn
RELATED TO>(noun) sting#1
=> sting, stinging
RELATED TO>(noun) stinger#4
=> stinger
RELATED TO>(noun) stinger#5
=> stinger
Sense 2
sting, bite, prick
RELATED TO>(noun) sting#3
=> sting, bite, insect bite
RELATED TO>(noun) stinger#4
=> stinger
Sense 4
prick, sting, twinge
RELATED TO>(noun) sting#1
=> sting, stinging
RELATED TO>(noun) stinger#4
=> stinger
RELATED TO>(noun) stinger#5
=> stinger
RELATED TO>(noun) stinging#1
=> sting, stinging
Sense 5
sting
RELATED TO>(noun) sting#2
=> pang, sting
RELATED TO>(noun) stinger#2
=> stinger, cut
RELATED TO>(noun) stinging#1
=> sting, stinging
Domain of verb sting
Domain Terms of verb sting
Familiarity of verb sting
sting used as a verb is common (polysemy count =5)
Sample Sentences of verb sting
5 senses of sting
Sense 1
bite, sting, burn
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
sting, bite, prick
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
stick, sting
*> Somebody ----s somebody with something
Sense 4
prick, sting, twinge
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 5
sting
EX: The performance is likely to sting Sue
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb sting
5 senses of sting
Sense 1
bite, sting, burn
> ache, smart, hurt
=> bite, sting, burn
=> burn
=> itch
=> hunger
=> thirst
=> act up
=> throb
=> shoot
Sense 2
sting, bite, prick
> pierce
=> poke
=> puncture
=> riddle
=> prickle, prick
=> bite
=> punch, perforate
=> sting, bite, prick
=> tap
Sense 3
stick, sting
> force, thrust
=> stick, sting
Sense 4
prick, sting, twinge
> hurt, ache, suffer
=> catch, get
=> twinge
=> prick, sting, twinge
=> kill
Sense 5
sting
> hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
=> diss, insult, affront
=> lacerate
=> sting
=> humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb sting
Sense 1
bite, sting, burn
=> ache, smart, hurt
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Sense 2
sting, bite, prick
=> pierce
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Sense 3
stick, sting
=> force, thrust
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Sense 4
prick, sting, twinge
=> hurt, ache, suffer
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Sense 5
sting
=> hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
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Grep of verb sting
sting
Grep of adj sting
acid-tasting
arresting
blasting
coexisting
contrasting
disgusting
everlasting
exhausting
existing
fire-resisting
interesting
jesting
lasting
long-lasting
mild-tasting
persisting
pleasant-tasting
pre-existing
preexisting
protesting
sharp-tasting
sour-tasting
stinging
stingless
stingy
trusting
twisting
uninteresting
unprotesting
unresisting
untrusting
Grep of adv sting
stingily
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