bee-stung

Puffed from venom

Bee-stung describes lips that are full and slightly swollen-looking, as if from a bee sting—a feature considered attractive: her bee-stung lips, the bee-stung pout of a 1920s film star.

The term is almost exclusively applied to lips and carries a sensual connotation.

lips

pout

Sulky facial expression

  • plumpAgreeably fat, well-filled
  • fullMaximum extent reached
  • swollenAbnormally enlarged

sensual · voluptuous · Monroe · pillowy · rosebud · cupid's bow · glossy · luscious · collagen · filler

literal

venom

Injected animal poison

anaphylaxis · epinephrine · hives · pain · inflammation · redness · antihistamine · apiary · reaction · itching

fashion

aesthetic

Concerning beauty or art

  • retroEvoking recent past
  • 1920sPost-WWI American decade
  • flapperTwenties unconventional young woman

silent film · vintage · makeup · lip liner · overdrawn · trend · glamorous · pinup · classic · style

Opposites
lip appearance/fullness

bee-stungthin

Small in diameter

narrow · pencil-thin · pursed · pinched · flat

contact with stinging insects

bee-stungunstung

Not pierced by insect

unharmed · untouched

physical state/condition

bee-stungunswollen

Not enlarged or puffy

normal · unaffected · unstung · natural · unblemished

Family

bee, stung, bees, sting, stings, stinger, stingers, stinging, beekeeper

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G