Stinging
['stɪŋɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sting
(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.
Edited by Jessica
Examples
- Only once she cried aloud, at the stinging thought of the faithlessness which gave birth to that abasing falsehood. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- It was a stinging pleasure to be in the room with her, and feel her presence. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- They swaggered up and down the almost deserted pier, and hurled curses, obscenity, and stinging sarcasms at our crew. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- And then the stinging fear of surviving either of you, is not here--one death will clasp us undivided. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I leaned forward in the dark to kiss her and there was a sharp stinging flash. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Even her hard words, reproachful as they were, were complimentary--the groans of a person stinging under defeat. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Typist: Stacey