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stung

American  
[stuhng] / stʌŋ /

verb

  1. a simple past tense and past participle of sting.

stung British  
/ stʌŋ /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of sting

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adjective

  1. slang drunk; intoxicated

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Other Word Forms

  • unstung adjective

Example Sentences

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Tears stung the corners of my eyes, but I blinked them back.

From Literature

He let out a squall that could have been heard all over the bottoms, and started scratching at the spot where my rock had stung him.

From Literature

Even if I dared to walk this far into The Woods alone, I wouldn’t be able to get the honeycomb like she did, not without getting stung a thousand times.

From Literature

More than 2 million people are stung every year.

From Science Daily

Curiously, I never really got angry at the North Koreans, on the assumption that if you kick the hornet’s nest and get stung, you can’t really blame the hornets.

From The Wall Street Journal

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