stung

[ stuhng ]

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of sting.

stung

/ stʌŋ /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of sting

adjective

1. slang.
   drunk; intoxicated

Other Words From

• un·stung adjective

Example Sentences

At a time when capitulating to the mainstream was regarded as selling out, R.E.M.’s move to a major label stung, as if the band had sloughed off its loyalists for the teeming masses.

From Los Angeles Times

To love a Scorpio is to be stung.

From Los Angeles Times

Maybe they had been stung by reports of inertia, or the risk of Tuchel being a target for Manchester United, who spoke to the German coach in the summer.

From BBC

His biggest fear was being stung by a stingray while fighting the current as he was dragging his kayak over rapids.

From BBC

For the second time in three postseasons, the Dodgers showed up at San Diego’s Petco Park on a cool October night brimming with confidence, riding on emotion, stung by skepticism, ready for revenge.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• resentful