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stung

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sting  \Sting\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Stung}(Archaic  {Stang});  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Stinging}.]  [AS.  stingan;  akin  to  Icel.  &  Sw 
  stinga,  Dan.  stinge,  and  probably  to  E.  stick,  v.t.;  cf 
  Goth.  usstiggan  to  put  out  pluck  out  Cf  {Stick},  v.  t.] 
  1.  To  pierce  or  wound  with  a  sting;  as  bees  will  sting  an 
  animal  that  irritates  them  the  nettles  stung  his  hands. 
 
  2.  To  pain  acutely;  as  the  conscience  is  stung  with  remorse; 
  to  bite.  ``Slander  stings  the  brave.''  --Pope. 
 
  3.  To  goad;  to  incite,  as  by  taunts  or  reproaches. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stung  \Stung\, 
  imp.  &  p.  p.  of  {Sting}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  stung 
  adj  1:  aroused  to  impatience  or  anger;  "made  an  irritated  gesture"; 
  "feeling  nettled  from  the  constant  teasing";  "peeved 
  about  being  left  out";  "felt  really  pissed  at  her 
  snootiness";  "riled  no  end  by  his  lies";  "roiled  by 
  the  delay"  [syn:  {annoyed},  {irritated},  {nettled},  {peeved}, 
  {pissed},  {riled},  {roiled}] 
  2:  feeling  sharp  psychological  pain;  "stung  by  the  remark,  she 
  retorted  angrily" 
  3:  injured  by  bites  or  stings;  "leaving  the  biter  bit";  "her 
  poor  mosquito-bitten  legs"  [syn:  {bit},  {bitten}]




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