STUNG
What does "STUNG" mean?
Past tense and past participle of 'sting'; pierced or pained sharply.
Meanings
- Past tense of sting: wounded with a sharp-pointed organ, as a bee does. A wasp stung him on the wrist.
- Caused a sharp, smarting pain or sensation. The salt water stung her cut.
- Hurt emotionally; wounded with words or rejection. His criticism stung more than she let on. figurative
- Cheated or overcharged someone. They got stung paying double the fair price. informal
Did you know?
- When a honeybee has stung a human, it usually dies: its barbed stinger lodges in the skin and tears loose from the bee's body as it pulls away.
Word origin
Past tense of 'sting', from Old English 'stingan', to prick or pierce, from a Proto-Germanic root meaning to be sharp or to stab.
Remember it
STUNG = STING with the I stung into a U - the vowel got pierced and changed shape.
A little poem
One small fire on skin-
the bee gives its only life
to make one point clear.
haiku
Wordplay
- I told the bee its insult stung - it said that's the only review it leaves.
What it teaches
Some wounds cost the one who gives them more than the one who feels them.
Quick facts
What does STUNG mean?
Past tense and past participle of 'sting'; pierced or pained sharply.
Is STUNG a valid word?
Yes — STUNG is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is STUNG?
STUNG has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does STUNG come from?
Past tense of 'sting', from Old English 'stingan', to prick or pierce, from a Proto-Germanic root meaning to be sharp or to stab.
What can STUNG teach us?
Some wounds cost the one who gives them more than the one who feels them.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.