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There’s a fair amount of body horror here, beginning with a bee-stung hand that continues to fester and flake.

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Something stung my elbow and it blew up to the size of a tennis ball.

Comforting in that they show that our intended message hit the target and stung.

Still, the criticisms have stung, particularly in the age of post-Mitt Romney Mormon mainstreaming.

Still, as Lennon/McCartney got increasingly arty, Harrison was stung and he began chasing.

Wind from the top, twenty miles an hour, stung his faced, but he was sweating in his white snowsuit.

Stung to the soul, Louis threw himself at her feet, to proclaim his innocence of all these inferences, before heaven and her.

The blows stung, and Black Sheep struck back at random with all the power at his command.

Sues saucy, self-congratulatory toss of the head 14 stung her so that she could have cried out.

It became possible to breathe without discomfort to the lungs; my eyes no longer stung and watered.

The cold air from the sea stung our cheeks sharply as we left the close atmosphere of the little crowded tent.

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On this page you'll find 29 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to stung, such as: resentful, annoying, pressing, sensitive, smarting, and upset.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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