Meaning

1 senses
  1. The act by which someone receives a sting.

    the stingings of scorpions

    stingings of remorse

More definitions
  • a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung

Origin

From Middle English styngyng; equivalent to sting + -ing.

From Middle English styngyng; equivalent to sting + -ing.

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Forms

plural: stingings
Singularstinging
Pluralstingings

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung:sting

Word family

1 related words
Relatedsting

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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