Synonyms for sting
22 synonyms found - words and phrases with similiar meaning. Definitionnoun
- a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
- a mental pain or distress
- operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act
- a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
- a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
verb
- deliver a sting to
- cause a stinging pain
- cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
- saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
- cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging