verb cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort.
— synonyms: bite, burn
verb deliver a sting to.
— synonyms: bite, prick
verb saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous.
— synonyms: stick
verb cause a stinging pain.
— synonyms: prick, twinge
verb cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging.
noun a kind of pain.
— synonyms: stinging
noun a mental pain or distress.
— synonyms: pang
noun a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin.
— synonyms: bite, insect_bite
noun a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property.
— synonyms: bunco, bunco_game, bunko, bunko_game, con, confidence_trick, confidence_game, con_game
noun operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act.
— synonyms: sting_operation