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verb | noun stingsting1 /stɪŋ/ ●●○ verb (past tense and past participle stung /stʌŋ/) ETYMOLOGYsting1Origin: Old English stingan VERB TABLEsting |
Present | I, you, we, they | sting | | he, she, it | stings | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | stung | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have stung | | he, she, it | has stung | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had stung | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will sting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have stung |
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Present | I | am stinging | | he, she, it | is stinging | | you, we, they | are stinging | Past | I, he, she, it | was stinging | | you, we, they | were stinging | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been stinging | | he, she, it | has been stinging | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been stinging | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be stinging | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been stinging |
THESAURUSfeel pain► hurt to feel pain in a part of your body: My feet hurt. It hurts when I try to move my leg. ► be sore to feel a dull pain in a muscle because it has been injured or used more than usual: I’m always sore the day after I work out at the gym. ► be tender to feel slightly sore or painful when touched: Her knee feels tender where she banged it. ► ache to feel a continuous pain: My back was aching. ► throb to feel pain that gets stronger and weaker in a repeated way: She held her throbbing hand under the cold water. ► burn to hurt with hot pain in your eyes, throat, or skin: Angela had a headache and her throat was burning. ► sting to hurt with a sudden sharp pain in your eyes, throat, or skin: My eyes were stinging from sweat and sunscreen. 1 [intransitive, transitive] science, biology if an insect or a plant stings you, it causes a sharp pain and that part of your body swells: Henry was stung by a bee.2[intransitive, transitive] to make something hurt with a sudden sharp pain for a short time, or to hurt in this way: The paper cut on my finger really stings. Cigarette smoke stings my eyes.► see thesaurus at hurt13[intransitive, transitive usually passive] if a remark or criticism stings, it makes you feel upset and embarrassed: She had been stung by this criticism.sting somebody into (doing) something Her harsh words stung him into action. [Origin: Old English stingan] verb | noun stingsting2 ●●○ noun ► take the sting out of A few hundred dollars won’t take the sting out of (=makes it easier to deal with the bad effects of) losing my job. 1[countable] science, biology a wound or mark made when an insect or plant stings you: a bee sting2[singular] a sharp pain in your eyes or skin, caused by being hit, by smoke, etc.: sting of She felt the sting of tears in her eyes.3[singular] the upsetting or bad effects of a situation: the sting of discrimination A few hundred dollars won’t take the sting out of (=makes it easier to deal with the bad effects of) losing my job.4[countable] a situation in which the police catch criminals by pretending to be involved in criminal activity themselves |