Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)sting, stinginga kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung“the sting of death”,
“he felt the stinging of nettles” (n)pang, stinga mental pain or distress“a pang of conscience” (n)bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, hustle, sting, flimflama swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property (n)sting, sting operationoperation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act“the police conducted a sting operation” Verbs
(v)bite, sting, burncause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort“The sun burned his face” (v)stick, stingsaddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous“They stuck me with the dinner bill”,
“I was stung with a huge tax bill” (v)stingcause an emotional pain, as if by stinging“His remark stung her” 