stung

The house was filled with memories, which comforted me as much as they stung by critical absences.

And to have such a global hit get it wrong would have stung.

She said councils now "in trouble" tended to have taken out short-term private bank loans when interest rates were low - only to be stung with large rate rises further down the road.

Steve Irwin died aged 44 after being stung by a stingray while filming on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Queensland.

“And it wasn’t only because I didn’t get Tony nominated. That stung, but it wasn’t the only reason. It was a point in my life that I was like, ‘Why am I doing this?’