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What is the adjective for stings?

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stinging
  1. Having the capacity to sting.
  2. (figuratively) Precise and hurtful;
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “News of the hedge fund would emerge, leading to stinging criticism at an inopportune time for the cofounders.”
      “CiarĂ¡n fell into traps, just managing to escape with another stinging cut to his shoulder and a second to his thigh.”
      “The snow surged into the kitchen, bringing with it the stinging cold.”
stingable
  1. Capable of being stung.
stingerless
  1. Having no stinger.
stingless
  1. Having no sting.
  2. Examples:
    1. “So that touching and feeling is a shared characteristic between honey bees and stingless bees.”
      “This stingless bee, Trigona hypogea, carries off the youngsters left behind in newly abandoned wasp nests.”
      “Beekeeping with stingless bees is very different from beekeeping with honey-bees because of their different biology, e.g. nest architecture.”
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