sting
n. countablen. a sharp, painful feeling caused by an insect or a plant. It can also describe a sudden emotional pain, like when someone says something mean to you.
n. a sharp, localized pain resulting from a puncture or chemical irritation, typically inflicted by an insect or plant. It may also refer to a sudden, distressing emotional sensation or a clever, deceptive operation.
The bee sting on my arm is very itchy.
She felt the sting of his rejection long after the conversation had ended.
The investigative team organized an elaborate sting to catch the smugglers as they attempted to move the stolen goods across the border.
From Middle English styng, sting, stynge, stenge, from Old English sting, stincg (“a sting, stab, thrust made with a pointed instrument; the wound made by a stab or sting”), from Proto-Germanic stingaz; possibly also from Old English stynġ, from Proto-Germanic stungiz.
From Middle English stingen, from Old English stingan, from Proto-Germanic *stinganą. Compare Swedish and Icelandic stinga.
Commonly used with the verb 'to feel' or 'to get'.