What is the meaning of stinging?

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: sting

verb

• Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort.
  • usage: "The sun burned his face"
  • synonyms: bite, sting, burn
• Deliver a sting to.
  • usage: "A bee stung my arm yesterday"
  • synonyms: sting, 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, sting
• Cause a stinging pain.
  • usage: "The needle pricked his skin"
  • synonyms: prick, sting, twinge
• Cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging.
  • usage: "His remark stung her"
  • synonyms: sting

adjective

• Of speech. ( harsh or hurtful in tone or character)
  • usage: "cutting remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment"
  • synonyms: cutting, edged