sting

Meanings

• a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
  • "the sting of death"
  • "he felt the stinging of nettles"
• a mental pain or distress
• a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
• a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
• cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
• deliver a sting to
• saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
• cause a stinging pain
• cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging

Synonyms

bite, bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, burn, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, insect bite, pang, prick, stick, stinging, twinge