stinging

  • (s) (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
    • cutting remarks
    • edged satire
    • a stinging comment
    cutting, edged,

Nouns

  • (n) a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
    • the sting of death
    • he felt the stinging of nettles
    sting,

Synonyms

sting cutting edged

Words of close approximity

stingily
stinging hair stinging nettle