Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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twinge | Yes | No | Yes | No |
sting | Yes | No | Yes | No |
twinge (noun) | sting (noun) |
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a sharp stab of pain | a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property |
a sudden sharp feeling | operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act |
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 |
twinge (verb) | sting (verb) |
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squeeze tightly between the fingers | saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous |
cause a stinging pain | deliver a sting to |
feel a sudden sharp, local pain | cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging |
cause a stinging pain | |
cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort |