different between peppery vs stinging

peppery

English

Etymology

pepper +? -y

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?p?p??i/

Adjective

peppery (comparative pepperier, superlative pepperiest)

  1. Having the taste of pepper.
  2. (figuratively) Having a fiery temperament.
    • 1884, Gilbert & Sullivan, Princess Ida:
      For I'm a peppery potentate, / Who's little inclined his claim to bate, / To fit the wit of a bit of a chit, / And that's the long and short of it!

Translations

peppery From the web:

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stinging

English

Etymology

From Middle English styngyng; equivalent to sting +? -ing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?st????/
  • Rhymes: -????

Adjective

stinging (comparative more stinging, superlative most stinging)

  1. Having the capacity to sting.
    stinging nettles
  2. (figuratively) Precise and hurtful
    • 2017 September 27, David Browne, "Hugh Hefner, 'Playboy' Founder, Dead at 91," Rolling Stone
      That same year, a young Gloria Steinem went undercover as a Playboy Bunny at one of his Playboy Clubs and wrote a stinging inside critique of the magazine's ethos and chauvinism in an article, titled "A Bunny's Tale," which was published in Show magazine.

Derived terms

  • stingingly

Verb

stinging

  1. present participle of sting

Noun

stinging (plural stingings)

  1. The act by which someone receives a sting.
    the stingings of scorpions
    stingings of remorse

stinging From the web:

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  • what stinging means
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  • what stinging insects leave stingers
  • what stinging insect burrows in the ground
  • what stinging bees live in the ground
  • what stinging insect is black
  • what's stinging me in the ocean
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