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adjective
having a red and swollen appearance: 1920s flappers with bee-stung lips.
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Origin of bee-stung
First recorded in 1930–35
Words nearby bee-stung
Beersheba, beer-up, beery, bee's knees, beestings, bee-stung, beeswax, beeswing, beet, beet armyworm, beetfly
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British Dictionary definitions for bee-stung
bee-stung
adjective
(of the lips) pouting and sensuous
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