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sting
/stɪŋ/ verb (past tense and past participle stung)Definition
CAUSE PAIN [T] › If an insect, plant, etc stings you, it causes pain by putting poison into your skin: He was stung by a wasp.
FEEL PAIN [I, T] › If your eyes, skin, etc sting, or if something makes them sting, you feel a sudden, burning pain: That shampoo really made my eyes sting.
UPSET [T] › to upset someone: [often passive] She was clearly stung by his criticism.
(Definition of sting verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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