• noun:   a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
• noun:   a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung

  Example: "The sting of death"

• noun:   a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
• noun:   a mental pain or distress
• verb:   deliver a sting to
• verb:   cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
• verb:   cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
• verb:   cause a stinging pain
• verb:   saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous

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