Definitions
(of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
Word origin
From Middle English styngyng; equivalent to sting + -ing.
Used in a sentence
“stinging nettles”
“The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom.[…]Drifts of yellow vapour, fiery, parching, stinging, filled the air.”
“the stingings of scorpions”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Sharp and painful”8 letters
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