stinging pain

  • 1stinging — sting|ing [ stıŋıŋ ] adjective 1. ) very strong or thorough: a stinging defeat a stinging rebuke 2. ) making you feel sore or uncomfortable: a stinging pain a ) hitting you hard: a stinging slap/blow …

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  • 2stinging — UK [ˈstɪŋɪŋ] / US adjective 1) very strong, or thorough a stinging defeat a stinging rebuke 2) a) making you feel sore or uncomfortable a stinging pain b) hitting you hard a stinging slap/blow …

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  • 3Stinging nettle — Urtica dioica subsp. dioica Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae …

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  • 4Stinging — Sting ing, a. 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. {Sting ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] {Stinging cell}. (Zo[… …

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  • 5Stinging cell — Stinging Sting ing, a. 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. {Sting ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] {Stinging cell}.… …

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  • 6stinging — I noun a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung the sting of death he felt the stinging of nettles • Syn: ↑sting • Derivationally related forms: ↑sting, ↑sting ( …

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  • 7pain — noun 1 physical pain ADJECTIVE ▪ acute, agonizing, awful, blinding, excruciating, extreme, great, immense, intense, severe …

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  • 8stinging tree — /ˈstɪŋɪŋ tri/ (say stinging tree) noun any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Dendrocnide native to Qld and northern NSW, which vary greatly in size but all have rigid stinging hairs, the poison of which causes great and long lasting pain.… …

  • 9stinging — sting·ing || stɪŋɪŋ adj. producing or causing a sting; able to cause a sting; hurtful, cutting, biting stɪŋ n. act of stinging; sharp pain or wound caused a stinger; sharp organ or part (Botany, Zoology); covert operation executed by… …

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  • 10pain — 1. noun 1) she endured great pain Syn: suffering, agony, torture, torment, discomfort 2) a pain in the stomach Syn: ache, aching, soreness, throb, throbbing, sting, stinging …

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