What does stinging mean?
Definitions for stinging
sting·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
sting, stingingadjective
a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
"the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles"
cutting, edged, stingingadjective
(of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
"cutting remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment"
Wiktionary
stingingadjective
Having the capacity to sting.
stinging nettles
ChatGPT
stinging
Stinging typically refers to causing a sharp, often severe, pain or discomfort, either physically through a sharp point or chemically through a substance like a bee's venom. It can also refer to causing emotional or mental hurt, such as a stinging criticism or insult.
Webster Dictionary
Stinging
of Sting
Stingingadjective
piercing, or capable of piercing, with a sting; inflicting acute pain as if with a sting, goad, or pointed weapon; pungent; biting; as, stinging cold; a stinging rebuke
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of stinging in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of stinging in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of stinging in a Sentence
Our nose, mouth and throat contain nerve endings that sense painful and irritating chemicals in the inhaled air. For example, the burning, stinging feeling elicited by smoke inhalation is mediated by these nerve endings. They also trigger sneezing and cough, basically to defend the lungs from inhaling toxic chemicals, the new chemicals we identified in e-cigarettes activate these nerve endings more strongly. Especially when activated over a longer period, as in smokers, and potentially in e-cigarette users, these mechanisms have been shown to cause inflammation and asthma and contribute to emphysema.
The most common things we would prescribe epinephrine for is food allergies, bees, wasps and other stinging insects, the advantage of these auto-injectors is that you don't have to think about it. You just pop the cap, stick it right in your thigh, the needle comes out at the right depth into the muscle, and it delivers the correct amount of epinephrine.
Any exposed skin, even if it’s just like a millimeter of exposed skin, sort of feels like a bee stinging you or like a low-grade sunburn, so definitely not very pleasant up here, but being up here, is what we are up here for, these extreme conditions.
It burned a lot, it stung, it feels like shooting pain and stinging. It feels like pins and needles.
I didn’t know what was happening. I just felt a major stinging feeling and when I looked down I saw a head.
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- لاذعArabic
- escozorSpanish
- चुभताHindi
- chua cayVietnamese
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