Definition of stings

"stings" in the noun sense

1. sting, stinging

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

"the sting of death"

"he felt the stinging of nettles"

2. pang, sting

a mental pain or distress

"a pang of conscience"

3. sting, bite, insect bite

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

4. bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, hustle, sting, flimflam

a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

5. sting, sting operation

operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act

"the police conducted a sting operation"

"stings" in the verb sense

1. bite, sting, burn

cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort

"The sun burned his face"

2. sting, bite, prick

deliver a sting to

"A bee stung my arm yesterday"

3. stick, sting

saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous

"They stuck me with the dinner bill"

"I was stung with a huge tax bill"

4. prick, sting, twinge

cause a stinging pain

"The needle pricked his skin"

5. sting

cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging

"His remark stung her"

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Quotations for stings

The honey is sweet, but the bee stings. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Mortal beauty stings while it delights. [ Bovee ]

Guilt is the source of sorrow; 'tis the fiend,
The avenging fiend that follows us behind
With whips and stings. [ Rowe ]

How awful is that hour when conscience stings. [ Percival ]

So work the honey-bees;
Creatures, that by a rule in nature teach
The art of order to a peopled kingdom.
They have a king and officers of sorts;
Where some, like magistrates, correct at home;
Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad;
Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings,
Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds;
Which pillage they, with merry march, bring home.
To the tent royal of their emperor;
Who, busied in his majesty, surveys
The singing masons building roofs of gold;
The civil citizens kneading up the honey;
The poor mechanic porters crowding in
Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate;
The sad-ey'd justice, with his surly hum.
Delivering over to executors pale
The lazy yawning drone. [ William Shakespeare ]

Ten thousand furies lash my soul with whips.
At every look sharp stings transfix my heart.
And my chill blood thrills cold through every vein. [ Darcy ]

Tender-handed stroke a nettle, and 't stings you for your pains. [ Aaron Hill ]

Bees that have honey in their mouths, have stings in their tails. [ Proverb ]

Was ever any wicked man free from the stings of a guilty conscience? [ Tillotson ]

He is not worthy of the honeycomb That shuns the hive because the bees have stings. [ William Shakespeare ]

There are evil spirits who suddenly fix their abode in man's unguarded breast, causing us to commit devilish deeds, and then, hurrying back to their native hell, leave behind the stings of remorse in the poisoned bosom. [ Schiller ]

stings in Scrabble®

The word stings is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

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Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

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Words within the letters of stings

2 letter words in stings (3 words)

3 letter words in stings (7 words)

4 letter words in stings (10 words)

5 letter words in stings (5 words)

6 letter words in stings (1 word)

stings + 1 blank (4 words)

Word Growth involving stings

Shorter words in stings

in tin ting sting

in tin ting tings

Longer words containing stings

beestings

blockbustings

broncobustings

castings linecastings

castings newscastings

castings podcastings

castings recastings

castings webcastings

castings wormcastings

crestings

dustings

everlastings

frostings

hustings

listings blacklistings

listings greylistings

listings sublistings

listings whitelistings

postings billpostings

postings repostings

roastings

rustings thrustings

sandblastings

twistings intertwistings

winetastings