stinging

a.

Piercing, or capable of piercing, with a sting; inflicting acute pain as if with a sting, goad, or pointed weapon; pungent; biting; as, stinging cold; a stinging rebuke. -- Sting·ing·ly, adv.

Stinging cell. (Zoöl.) Same as Lasso cell, under Lasso.

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adjective

So sharp as to cause mental pain: acerbic, acid, acidic, acrid, astringent, biting, caustic, corrosive, cutting, mordacious, mordant, pungent, scathing, sharp, slashing, trenchant, truculent, vitriolic. See attack/defend, respect/contempt/standing.

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
  Synonym: sting

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The adjective stinging has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: causing or experiencing a painful shivering feeling as from many tiny pricks
  Synonyms: prickling, tingling

Meaning #2: having a sting or the capacity to sting
  Antonym: stingless (meaning #1)

Meaning #3: (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
  Synonyms: cutting, edged

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - sy-, brænde-

idioms:

• stinging nettle    synål

Nederlands (Dutch)
stekend, bijtend

Français (French)
adj. - lancinant, blessant, cuisant

idioms:

• stinging nettle    ortie

Deutsch (German)
adj. - stechend

idioms:

• stinging nettle    (Bot.) Brennessel

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - τσουχτερός

idioms:

• stinging nettle    τσουκνίδα

Italiano (Italian)
lancinante

idioms:

• stinging nettle    ortica

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - urticante

idioms:

• stinging nettle    urtiga (f) (Bot.)

Русский (Russian)
жалящий, язвительный

idioms:

• stinging nettle    жгучая крапива

Español (Spanish)
adj. - lancinante, punzante

idioms:

• stinging nettle    ortiga

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - stickande, stingande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
刺人的, 激烈的, 刺一般的

idioms:

• stinging nettle    大荨麻

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 刺人的, 激烈的, 刺一般的

idioms:

• stinging nettle    大蕁麻

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 찌르는, 쏘는, 찌르는 듯이 아픈

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 刺々しい

idioms:

• stinging nettle    イラクサ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) لاسع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עוקץ, חד‬

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