definitions

bee-stung

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adjective

having a red and swollen appearance: 1920s flappers with bee-stung lips.

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Nearby words

bee orchid, bee plant, bee tree, bee's knees, bee-eater, bee-stung, beeb, beebe, beebread, beech, beech fern

Origin of bee-stung

First recorded in 1930–35
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Examples from the Web for bee-stung

  • She comes out of it with a violent start, as though she had just been bee-stung.

    Cobb's Bill-of-Fare|Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb

  • As though she had been bee-stung, Mittie May flung up her head.

    Sundry Accounts|Irvin S. Cobb

  • He was mollified and won by the big, gentle eyes and that bee-stung upper lip.

    We Can't Have Everything|Rupert Hughes

  • As though he had been bee-stung the little man pivoted on his heels.

    Local Color|Irvin S. Cobb

British Dictionary definitions for bee-stung

bee-stung

adjective

(of the lips) pouting and sensuous
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