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English to English adjective
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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. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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(of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character | | Example: cutting remarks
edged satire
a stinging comment
source: wordnet30 noun
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a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung | | Example: the sting of death
he felt the stinging of nettles
source: wordnet30
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