Thesaurus / sting
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Now, as female-founded businesses feel the sting of the pandemic, it’s up to these large institutional backers to get us to the next stage.
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS MUST TAKE ACTION ON DIVERSITY IN VENTURE CAPITALEHINCHLIFFEAUGUST 31, 2020FORTUNEWhile the company wouldn’t say how much revenue that equals or what base the growth was from, that lift had to take some of the sting out of cratering ad sales figures.
HOW HEARST UK’S E-COMMERCE REVENUE GREW 322% DURING THE SECOND QUARTERLUCINDA SOUTHERNAUGUST 21, 2020DIGIDAYPeople who blunder too close can get painful stings, says Bob Jacobson.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ‘MURDER HORNETS’SUSAN MILIUSJULY 20, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSLess-quoted parts of this report from Japan point out that of the 15 people hospitalized for stings and discussed in the paper, those with fewer than 50 stings had a good chance of surviving.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ‘MURDER HORNETS’SUSAN MILIUSJULY 20, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSSchmidt has spent decades recording how painful he finds various stings.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ‘MURDER HORNETS’SUSAN MILIUSJULY 20, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSThe swift breeze seemed to Edna to bury the sting of it into the pores of her face and hands.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINWe passed several large sting-rays asleep on the surface of the sea, which our people ineffectually endeavoured to harpoon.
NARRATIVE OF A SURVEY OF THE INTERTROPICAL AND WESTERN COASTS OF AUSTRALIA] [VOLUME 2 OF 2]PHILLIP PARKER KINGDid still its thorn within my bosom lodge,As I the past recalled; but shame, indeed,Left not its cruel sting within this heart.
THE POEMS OF GIACOMO LEOPARDIGIACOMO LEOPARDI"Your bath is ready, sir," said a steward, and a minute later he felt the welcome sting of the cold salt water.
THE EVERLASTING ARMSJOSEPH HOCKINGThere is a sharp sting in my tongue, my jaws are gripped as by a vise, and my mouth is torn open.
PRISON MEMOIRS OF AN ANARCHISTALEXANDER BERKMANWORDS RELATED TO STING
- abrasion
- abuse
- affliction
- affront
- agony
- bad
- bite
- blemish
- boo-boo
- bruise
- burn
- chop
- cramp
- cut
- damage
- deformation
- detriment
- discomfiture
- disservice
- distress
- evil
- fracture
- gash
- grievance
- hemorrhage
- ill
- impairment
- indignity
- injustice
- insult
- laceration
- lesion
- libel
- loss
- mischief
- misery
- mutilation
- nick
- ouch
- outrage
- pang
- ruin
- scar
- scratch
- shock
- slander
- sore
- sprain
- stab
- sting
- suffering
- swelling
- trauma
- twinge
- wound
- wrong
- abrades
- affronts
- aggravates
- annoys
- bothers
- bugs
- burns
- chafes
- confuses
- distempers
- disturbs
- drives up the wall
- enrages
- exasperates
- frets
- galls
- gets
- gets on nerves
- gets under skin
- grates
- harasses
- incenses
- inflames
- infuriates
- irks
- maddens
- needles
- nettles
- offends
- pains
- peeves
- pesters
- piques
- provokes
- puts out
- rankles
- rasps
- rattles
- riles
- roils
- rubs the wrong way
- ruffles
- sours
- tries
- vexes
- affront
- aggrieve
- anger
- annoy
- antagonize
- be disagreeable
- disgruntle
- disgust
- disoblige
- distress
- disturb
- exasperate
- fret
- gall
- horrify
- hurt
- irritate
- jar
- miff
- nauseate
- nettle
- outrage
- pain
- pique
- provoke
- repel
- repulse
- rile
- shock
- sicken
- sin
- slight
- slur
- snub
- sting
- transgress
- trespass
- turn one off
- upset
- vex
- wound
- zing
- affronts
- aggrieves
- angers
- annoys
- antagonizes
- disgruntles
- disgusts
- disobliges
- distresses
- disturbs
- exasperates
- frets
- galls
- horrifies
- hurts
- irritates
- is disagreeable
- jars
- miffs
- nauseates
- nettles
- outrages
- pains
- piques
- provokes
- repels
- repulses
- riles
- shocks
- sickens
- sins
- slights
- slurs
- snubs
- stings
- transgresses
- trespasses
- turns one off
- upsets
- vexes
- winds
- zings
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