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Synonyms for stinging
The synonym for stinging recorded in this bank is cutting, in the sense "harsh or hurtful in tone or character". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for stinging
- cuttingadjective, in the sense "harsh or hurtful in tone or character"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and stinging carries one sense so far.
harsh or hurtful in tone or character
A stinging comment.
The true synonym
cutting
Same sentence, swapped: A cutting comment.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- agonizing
- racking
- scratchy
Where stinging turns up in the game
stinging is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play stinging
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