sting

/stɪŋ/ verb (past tense and past participle stung)

Translation

CAUSE PAIN [T] › If an insect, plant, etc stings you, it causes pain by putting poison into your skin.

sokmak, ısırmak

He was stung by a wasp.581

FEEL PAIN [I, T] › If your eyes, skin, etc sting, or if something makes them sting, you feel a sudden, burning pain.

yanmak, acımak, sızlamak, yakmak, acıtmak, sızlatmak

That shampoo really made my eyes sting.581

UPSET [T] › to upset someone

incitmek, üzmek, kırmak, iğnelemek; yüreğini sızlatmak

[often passive] She was clearly stung by his criticism.985

(Definition of sting verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

If two people are thrown together, they meet each other in a way that was not planned, or events...

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