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(Entry 1 of 2)
causing intense discomfort to one's skin
- these cold, stinging winds are not just a discomfort—they can be dangerous to exposed flesh
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stinging
verbpresent participle of sting
Synonyms & Antonyms of stinging (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to charge (someone) too much for goods or services
- a nightclub that's been stinging patrons for years
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2
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
- swindlers who sting unwary tourists by posing as officials demanding money
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- beating,
- bilking,
- bleeding,
- cheating,
- chiseling
- (or chiselling),
- chousing,
- conning,
- cozening,
- defrauding,
- diddling,
- doing,
- doing in,
- euchring,
- fiddling,
- fleecing,
- flimflamming,
- gaffing,
- 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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