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Meanings of stung in English

Aroused to impatience or anger.

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      1
      The question stung Mikhail, because he knew there was truth in it.
      The Wolf’s Hour
      2
      The reminiscence stung me to the quick; I could endure no more.
      The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 / A Maga...
      3
      Nobody else saw any jellyfish, nobody else got stung, Mr McKenzie said.
      Radio NZ
      4
      Both schools were stung last year by the progression of St Patrick's.
      The Irish Times
      5
      But for some reason this woman's condemnation stung far deeper than most.
      Dancer’s Lament
      6
      The moment the bee is stung I release it from the aggressor.
      Social Life in the Insect World
      7
      The pain in his clouded blue eyes stung Tess to the heart.
      Tess of the Storm Country
      8
      His reproaches stung her to the quick; they were so bitterly true.
      The Lovels of Arden
      9
      They have both also been stung with a fine for public nuisance.
      News.com.au
      10
      The opposition within the Union party had stung him to the quick.
      The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 1: 1832-1843
      11
      Well, her slap hadn't stung me any more than those words did.
      Savage
      12
      The Qizara's words stung like sand pellets blown by a harsh wind.
      The Winds of Dune
      13
      Yara looked stung; he could see her fighting her own anger down.
      Blind Man's Alley
      14
      Like the times he had been stung by hornets-itwas nothing serious.
      The flock
      15
      When they stung him into revolt he revolted in the opposite direction.
      The Voice of the People
      16
      But the recent wounds to the group's reputation appear to have stung.
      The Guardian
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