What is the meaning of sting?

noun

• A kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung.
  • usage: "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles"
  • synonyms: stinging
• A mental pain or distress.
  • usage: "a pang of conscience"
  • synonyms: pang
• A painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin.
  • synonyms: bite, insect bite
• A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property.
  • synonyms: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, flimflam

verb

• Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort.
  • usage: "The sun burned his face"
  • synonyms: bite, burn
• Deliver a sting to.
  • usage: "A bee stung my arm yesterday"
  • synonyms: bite, prick
• Saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous.
  • usage: "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill"
  • synonyms: stick
• Cause a stinging pain.
  • usage: "The needle pricked his skin"
  • synonyms: prick, twinge
• Cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging.
  • usage: "His remark stung her"