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sting

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of sting

1 to charge (someone) too much for goods or services
  • a business that's been stinging patrons for years
Synonyms of sting

gouge, overcharge, soak, surcharge
Words Related to sting

cheat, defraud, stick

clip, fleece, skin

mischarge
Antonyms of sting

undercharge
2 to rob by the use of trickery or threats
  • swindlers who sting unwary tourists
Synonyms of sting

beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, con, cozen, defraud, do, do in, fiddle, fleece, flimflam, gaff, gyp, hustle, mulct, pluck, ream, rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short, shortchange, skin, squeeze, stick, stiff, swindle, victimize
Words Related to sting

extort, wrench, wrest, wring

clip, gouge, nick, overcharge, soak

exploit, milk

deceive, dupe, fool, gull, trick

rope (in)

betray, double-cross

bamboozle, fast-talk
Phrases Synonymous with sting

sell a bill of goods to, take for a ride, take to the cleaners

sting

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of sting

1 an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value
  • The pawn shop operation turned out to be a sting by undercover police officers to catch the ring of burglars.
Synonyms of sting

bunco (or bunko), con, flimflam, fraud, gyp, hustle, scam, swindle
Words Related to sting

cross, fix

Ponzi scheme, pyramid scheme

racket, rip-off

thimblerig, three-card monte

device, dodge, gimmick, jig, ploy, scheme, sleight, stratagem, trick, wile

counterfeit, fake, forgery, hoax, humbug, phony (also phoney), sham
2 a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body
  • the sting of cold air against my face
Synonyms of sting

ache, pain, pang, prick, shoot, smart, stitch, throe, tingle, twinge
Words Related to sting

discomfort, distress, soreness, tenderness

affliction, agony, anguish, misery, sufferance, suffering, torment, torture

inflammation, sore, swelling

damage, detriment, harm, hurt, injury

backache, bellyache, charley horse, colic, complaint, earache, gripe, headache, stomachache, toothache
Near Antonyms of sting

comfort, ease, easiness

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