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unsting

unsting verb: to remove the sting of.

Verb

unsting (third-person singular simple present unstings, present participle unstinging, simple past and past participle unstinged)

  1. (archaic, figuratively, often, transitive) To remove the sting of
    • Elegant dissertations on virtue and vice […] will not unsting calamity.a. 1829, John Mitchell Mason, a sermon
    • It unstinged the king of terrors, and filled his soul with humble confidence and joy.1822, Samuel Stearns, A Sermon [on 2 Tim. iv. 7, 8] delivered at the funeral of the Reverend Eliab Stone, page 3

Forms of unsting

third-person singular presentunstings
present participleunstinging
past participleunstinged
pastunstinged

Origin of unsting

From un- + sting.

Questions about unsting

What does unsting mean?
Unsting means to remove the sting of.
What part of speech is unsting?
Unsting is a verb.
What is the past tense of unsting?
The past tense of unsting is unstinged.

Words near unsting in the dictionary

  1. unstillness
  2. unstilted
  3. unstimulated
  4. unstimulating
  5. unstimulatory
  6. unsting
  7. unstingable
  8. unstinged
  9. unstinging
  10. unstings
  11. unstingy

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