Read the dictionary definition of sting. All definitions for this word.
1. operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act
1. the police conducted a sting operation
2. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
3. a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
4. a mental pain or distress
1. a pang of conscience
5. a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
1. the sting of death
2. he felt the stinging of nettles
6. saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
1. They stuck me with the dinner bill
2. I was stung with a huge tax bill
7. deliver a sting to
1. A bee stung my arm yesterday
8. cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging
1. His remark stung her
9. cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
1. The sun burned his face
10. cause a stinging pain
1. The needle pricked his skin