stung

[ stuhng ]

/ stʌŋ /

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verb

a simple past tense and past participle of sting.

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OTHER WORDS FROM stung

un·stung, adjective

Words nearby stung

stumpsucker, stump up, stumpwork, stumpy, stun, stung, stun grenade, stun gun, stunk, stunner, stunning

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Something stung my elbow and it blew up to the size of a tennis ball.
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Comforting in that they show that our intended message hit the target and stung.
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Still, the criticisms have stung, particularly in the age of post-Mitt Romney Mormon mainstreaming.
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Still, as Lennon/McCartney got increasingly arty, Harrison was stung and he began chasing.
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Wind from the top, twenty miles an hour, stung his faced, but he was sweating in his white snowsuit.
The Ballad of Johnny France|Richard Ben Cramer|January 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Stung to the soul, Louis threw himself at her feet, to proclaim his innocence of all these inferences, before heaven and her.
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The blows stung, and Black Sheep struck back at random with all the power at his command.
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Sues saucy, self-congratulatory toss of the head 14 stung her so that she could have cried out.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline|Jennie M. Drinkwater
It became possible to breathe without discomfort to the lungs; my eyes no longer stung and watered.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
The cold air from the sea stung our cheeks sharply as we left the close atmosphere of the little crowded tent.
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British Dictionary definitions for stung

stung

/ (stʌŋ) /

verb

the past tense and past participle of sting

adjective

Australian slang drunk; intoxicated

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