stings
v.v. to cause a sudden, sharp pain, usually from an insect or a plant. It can also describe a sharp emotional pain or a burning feeling in your eyes.
v. to prick or wound with a sharp-pointed organ, typically one that injects venom. Also describes a sharp, smarting physical sensation or a sudden, acute emotional distress.
A bee stings if it feels threatened.
The smoke from the campfire stings my eyes every time the wind shifts toward us.
While the physical wound from the wasp healed quickly, the memory of the public rejection still stings whenever he visits that particular neighborhood.
The verb is often used intransitively to describe a sensation, or transitively when an insect or plant is the subject.
The bee stinged meThe bee stung meThe verb is irregular; the past tense and past participle form is 'stung', not 'stinged'.