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stinging |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb sting 1 of 5 senses of sting Sense 4 prick, sting, twinge => prickle, prick Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb sting 1 of 5 senses of sting Sense 4 prick, sting, twinge => prickle, prick Entailment of verb sting Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb sting 5 senses of sting Sense 1 bite, sting, burn => ache, smart, hurt Sense 2 sting, bite, prick => pierce Sense 3 stick, sting => force, thrust Sense 4 prick, sting, twinge => hurt, ache, suffer Sense 5 sting => hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite Familiarity of verb sting sting used as a verb is common (polysemy count = 5) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb sting Sense 1 bite, sting, burn => ache, smart, hurt -------------- Sense 2 sting, bite, prick => pierce -------------- Sense 3 stick, sting => force, thrust -------------- Sense 4 prick, sting, twinge => hurt, ache, suffer -------------- Sense 5 sting => hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite -------------- Grep of noun stinging stinging stinging hair stinging nettle Overview of noun stinging The noun stinging has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. sting, stinging -- (a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles") Overview of verb sting The verb sting has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (1) bite, sting, burn -- (cause a sharp of stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face") 2. (1) sting, bite, prick -- (of insects, scorpions, or other animals; "A bee stung my arm yesterday.") 3. (1) stick, sting -- (saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill") 4. prick, sting, twinge -- (cause a stinging pain) 5. sting -- (cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; "His remark stung her") Overview of adj stinging The adj stinging has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) prickling, stinging, tingling -- (causing or experiencing a painful shivering feeling as from many tiny pricks; "a prickling blush of embarrassment"; "the tingling feeling in a foot that has gone to sleep"; "a stinging nettle"; "the stinging windblown sleet") 2. stinging -- (having a sting or the capacity to sting; "stinging insects"; "stinging nettles") 3. cutting, edged, stinging -- ((of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character; "cutting remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment") Antonyms of adj stinging 3 senses of stinging Sense 1 prickling, stinging, tingling INDIRECT (VIA painful) -> painless Sense 2 stinging (vs. stingless) stingless (vs. stinging) Sense 3 cutting, edged, stinging INDIRECT (VIA unkind) -> kind Similarity of adj stinging 3 senses of stinging Sense 1 prickling, stinging, tingling => painful (vs. painless) Sense 2 stinging (vs. stingless) Sense 3 cutting, edged, stinging => unkind (vs. kind) Attributes of adj stinging Familiarity of adj stinging stinging used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj stinging stinging Overview of noun stinging The noun stinging has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. sting, stinging -- (a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles") Overview of verb sting The verb sting has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (1) bite, sting, burn -- (cause a sharp of stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face") 2. (1) sting, bite, prick -- (of insects, scorpions, or other animals; "A bee stung my arm yesterday.") 3. (1) stick, sting -- (saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill") 4. prick, sting, twinge -- (cause a stinging pain) 5. sting -- (cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; "His remark stung her") Overview of adj stinging The adj stinging has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) prickling, stinging, tingling -- (causing or experiencing a painful shivering feeling as from many tiny pricks; "a prickling blush of embarrassment"; "the tingling feeling in a foot that has gone to sleep"; "a stinging nettle"; "the stinging windblown sleet") 2. stinging -- (having a sting or the capacity to sting; "stinging insects"; "stinging nettles") 3. cutting, edged, stinging -- ((of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character; "cutting remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment")
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