Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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con | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
sting | Yes | No | Yes | No |
con (noun) | sting (noun) |
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a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property | a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property |
an argument opposed to a proposal | operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act |
a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison | a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung |
a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin | |
a mental pain or distress |
con (verb) | sting (verb) |
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commit to memory; learn by heart | saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous |
deprive of by deceit | deliver a sting to |
cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging | |
cause a stinging pain | |
cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort |
con (adverb) | sting (adverb) |
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in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc. |