stinging

That uses a sting; furnished with a sting or stinging organs of any sort; urticating: as, a stinging insect or sea-nettle.

In botany, noting a plant furnished with stinging hairs. See sting, 2.

That pierces or wounds as with a sting; that causes acute pain, irritation, or the like; keen; sharp; pungent; telling: as, a stinging tongue; a stinging rebuke or remark.

Piercing, or capable of piercing, with a sting; inflicting acute pain as if with a sting, goad, or pointed weapon; pungent; biting

Same as Lasso cell, under Lasso.

Having the capacity to sting.

Present participle of sting.

(of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character

a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung