Crossword Dictionary

sting

noun

If you feel a sting, you feel a sharp pain in your skin or other part of your body.

synonyms

smart, burn, pain, hurt, tingle

examples:

‘There may be times where it stings a little more than others.’

‘He said he initially felt stinging pain but thought of the incident.’

‘The subject now said he was feeling great heat and a stinging pain in the place where the coin lay.’

‘But it is an acid so use with caution as it could sting or cause a mild allergic inflammation and may dry out the skin.’

'I hissed as my left leg started to sting again from the wound I'd gotten trying to escape the last time.'

hurt

verb 

To feel or suffer bodily or mental pain or distress.

synonyms

pain, suffering, harm, impair, injure, wound

examples:

‘The offices were firebombed in 2011; no one was hurt but a permanent police car was subsequently stationed outside.’

‘Full-grown men play-acting at being hurt when absolutely nothing happened.’

‘Forget it not: for there is no returning, and thou shalt do him no good, and shalt hurt thyself.’

‘No one was hurt, although the shot was evidently intended for my party.’

‘The poor dog was severely hurt about the neck; it recovered, however, soon afterwards.’

‘A knife would hurt, but Aunty Rosa had told him, a year ago, that if he sucked paint he would die.’