stung

[stuhng]

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of sting.

stung

/ stʌŋ /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of sting

adjective

1. slang,  drunk; intoxicated

Other Word Forms

• unstung adjective

Example Sentences

“I do good deeds all the time. Who took you to the emergency room yesterday when you got stung?”

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It stung their eyes and felt gritty in their mouths.

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The house was filled with memories, which comforted me as much as they stung from those critical absences.

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I wonder how many Harper Lee admirers still feel stung by a sense of betrayal.

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As a result, many are overweight in the S&P 500 index, and will be stung hard if the index tumbles hard or even if it lags behind the broader market for years.

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• resentful