"stinging" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈstɪŋɪŋ/ Forms: more stinging [comparative], most stinging [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪŋɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English styngyng; equivalent to sting + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|styngyng}} Middle English styngyng, {{af|en|sting|-ing}} sting + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj}} stinging (comparative more stinging, superlative most stinging)
  1. Having the capacity to sting.
    Sense id: en-stinging-en-adj-~xwZY3iw
  2. (figurative) Precise and hurtful. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-stinging-en-adj-2GxyYVp4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: stinging catfish, stingingly

Noun

IPA: /ˈstɪŋɪŋ/ Forms: stingings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪŋɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English styngyng; equivalent to sting + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|styngyng}} Middle English styngyng, {{af|en|sting|-ing}} sting + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} stinging (plural stingings)
  1. The act by which someone receives a sting.
    Sense id: en-stinging-en-noun-VW6~cMjM

Verb

IPA: /ˈstɪŋɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ɪŋɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English styngyng; equivalent to sting + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|styngyng}} Middle English styngyng, {{af|en|sting|-ing}} sting + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} stinging
  1. present participle and gerund of sting Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: sting
    Sense id: en-stinging-en-verb-nMT1zws7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 3 6 83 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 9 4 8 79 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 11 7 13 68

Inflected forms

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