sting - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act

Synonyms

• sting
• sting operation

More generic

• operation

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
• con game
• confidence game
• confidence trick
• flimflam
• hustle
• sting

More generic

• cheat
• rig
• swindle

More specific

• sting operation

Noun

a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin

Synonyms

• bite
• insect bite
• sting

More generic

• harm
• hurt
• injury
• trauma

More specific

• bee sting
• flea bite
• mosquito bite

Noun

a mental pain or distress

Synonyms

• pang
• sting

More generic

• hurting
• pain

Noun

a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung

Synonyms

• sting
• stinging

More generic

• hurting
• pain

Verb

saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous

Synonyms

• stick
• sting

More generic

• force
• thrust

Verb

deliver a sting to

Synonyms

• bite
• prick
• sting

More generic

• pierce

Verb

cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging

Synonyms

• sting

More generic

• bruise
• hurt
• injure
• offend
• spite
• wound

Verb

cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort

Synonyms

• bite
• burn
• sting

More generic

• ache
• hurt
• smart

More specific

• nettle
• urticate

Related

• burn

Verb

cause a stinging pain

Synonyms

• prick
• sting
• twinge

More generic

• ache
• hurt
• suffer

More specific

• prick
• prickle

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