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stinging
Synonyms and Antonyms of stinging
- these cold, stinging winds are not just a discomfort—they can be dangerous to exposed flesh
Synonyms and Antonyms of stinging
- a nightclub that's been stinging patrons for years
- swindlers who sting unwary tourists by posing as officials demanding money
beating, bilking, bleeding, cheating, chiseling (or chiselling), chousing, conning, cozening, defrauding, diddling, doing, doing in, euchring, fiddling, fleecing, flimflamming, gaffing, gypping, hosing [slang], hustling, mulcting, nobbling [British slang], plucking, reaming, ripping off, rooking, screwing, shaking down, shortchanging, shorting, skinning, skunking, squeezing, sticking, stiffing, suckering, swindling, thimblerigging, victimizing
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