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

Although it stung not to be successful in her home country, these days she "can't even imagine putting America into my life."

From BBC

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

From Los Angeles Times

And to have such a global hit get it wrong would have stung.

From BBC

She said councils now "in trouble" tended to have taken out short-term private bank loans when interest rates were low - only to be stung with large rate rises further down the road.

From BBC

Steve Irwin died aged 44 after being stung by a stingray while filming on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Queensland.

From BBC

Related Words

• resentful