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stingable

stingable adjective: capable of being stung.

Adjective

stingable (comparative more stingable, superlative most stingable)

  1. Capable of being stung.
    • Two hairy, soft projections, evidently very sensitive, inform the bee when she is in contact with a stingable object.1916 November, Popular Science, volume 89, number 5, page 698
    • Then came the bees, stinging at everyone they could catch. Each sting meant a dead bee, but there were millions of bees. Usually they stung only that part of the human anatomy which was most stingable[…]1940, Amazing Stories, volume 14, numbers 1-6, page 82

Forms of stingable

comparativemore stingable
superlativemost stingable

Origin of stingable

From sting + -able.

Words formed from stingable

Questions about stingable

What does stingable mean?
Stingable means capable of being stung.
What part of speech is stingable?
Stingable is an adjective.

Words near stingable in the dictionary

  1. Stiner
  2. Stiners
  3. sting
  4. sting in the tail
  5. sting like a bee
  6. stingable
  7. stingaree
  8. stingarees
  9. stingbull
  10. stingbulls
  11. stinge

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