Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stinging \Sting"ing\, a.
   Piercing, or capable of piercing, with a sting; inflicting
   acute pain as if with a sting, goad, or pointed weapon;
   pungent; biting; as, stinging cold; a stinging rebuke. --
   {Sting"ing*ly}, adv.

   {Stinging cell}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Lasso cell}, under
      {Lasso}.

Sting \Sting\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stung}(Archaic {Stang}); p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Stinging}.] [AS. stingan; akin to Icel. & Sw.
   stinga, Dan. stinge, and probably to E. stick, v.t.; cf.
   Goth. usstiggan to put out, pluck out. Cf. {Stick}, v. t.]
   1. To pierce or wound with a sting; as, bees will sting an
      animal that irritates them; the nettles stung his hands.

   2. To pain acutely; as, the conscience is stung with remorse;
      to bite. ``Slander stings the brave.'' --Pope.

   3. To goad; to incite, as by taunts or reproaches.

Source : WordNet®

stinging
     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}]

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}]