Sting

a kind of pain

a mental pain or distress

a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin

a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act

cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort

deliver a sting to

saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous

cause a stinging pain

cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging