stinging

Meanings

• a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
  • "he felt the stinging of nettles"
• 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
• (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
  • "a stinging comment"

Synonyms

bite, burn, cutting, edged, prick, stick, sting, twinge