Past tense of sting
irregular verb
The past tense of sting is stung. The past participle is also stung.
Forms of sting
| Base form (V1) | sting /ˈstɪŋ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | stung /stʌŋ/ |
| Past participle (V3) | stung /stʌŋ/ |
| Present participle | stinging /ˈstɪŋɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | stings |
Less standard forms: stang (dialectal).
Stung in a sentence
- A mosquito stung me on the arm.
- Still, it stung when a slightly older acquaintance asked me why I couldn't do any better.
- Son of a gun! I just got stung by a wasp!From the entry son of a gun
- The driving rain stung the runner's face.From the entry driving rain
- I was stung on the behind by a wasp.From the entry behind
Meaning of sting
- noun A bump left on the skin after having been stung.
- noun A puncture made by an insect or arachnid in an attack, usually including the injection of venom.
- noun A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
Verbs like sting
Questions about the past tense of sting
- What is the past tense of sting?
- The past tense of sting is stung.
- What is the past participle of sting?
- The past participle of sting is stung.
- Is sting a regular or irregular verb?
- Sting is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
- Is stang correct?
- stang is marked dialectal in Wiktionary. The usual past tense of sting is stung.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sting (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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