Stinging \Sting"ing\, a. Piercing, or capable of piercing, with a sting; inflicting acute pain as if with a sting, goad, or pointed weapon; pungent; biting; as, stinging cold; a stinging rebuke. -- {Sting"ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] {Stinging cell}. (Zool.) Same as {Lasso cell}, under {Lasso}. [1913 Webster]