stinging (
http://definr.com/stinging)
adj 1: causing or experiencing a painful shivering feeling as from
many tiny pricks; "a prickling blush of
embarrassment"; "the tingling feeling in a foot that
has gone to sleep"; "a stinging nettle"; "the stinging
windblown sleet" [syn:
prickling,
tingling]
2: having a sting or the capacity to sting; "stinging insects";
"stinging nettles" [ant:
stingless]
3: (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character; "cutting
remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment" [syn:
cutting,
edged]
n : a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being
stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of
nettles" [syn:
sting]