painful sting

Related
  • sharpFine-edged, or astute
  • burningCombustion in progress
  • venomInjected animal poison
  • waspNarrow-bodied stinging insect
  • beeStinging nectar gatherer

jellyfish · nettle · scorpion · welt · throb · searing · prick · bite · swelling · ouch · inject · barb · piercing · tender · inflamed · needle · zap · wound

Opposites
sensation intensity

painful stinggentle touch

healing balm · warm glow · dull ache

emotional impact

painful stinghealing touch

Restorative physical contact

pleasant surprise · kind gesture · warm embrace · soft landing · gentle encouragement

intensity/impact

painful stingnothing at all

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