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.

a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles"

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"

(of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character; "cutting remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment"