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Best answers for Sting – Crossword Clue


Answer: con


Clue Length Answer
Sting3 lettersfbi
  1. Definition: 1. a federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice

Sting3 letterscon
  1. Definition: 1. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

Sting3 lettersrub
  1. Definition: 1. move over something with pressure; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin"

Sting3 letterstip
  1. Definition: 1. an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"

Sting4 lettersfret
  1. Definition: 1. decorate with an interlaced design

Sting4 lettersramp
  1. Definition: 1. an inclined surface connecting two levels

Sting4 lettersstab
  1. Definition: 1. stab or pierce; "he jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket knife"

Sting4 letterswhip
  1. Definition: 1. a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; "the whip raised a red welt"

Sting4 lettersspur
  1. Definition: 1. incite or stimulate; "The Academy was formed to spur research"

Sting4 lettersrook
  1. Definition: 1. common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow

Sting4 letterssoak
  1. Definition: 1. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"

Sting4 lettersstir
  1. Definition: 1. Slang term for prison, in UK

Sting4 lettersrasp
  1. Definition: 1. a coarse file with sharp pointed projections

Sting4 lettersbite
  1. Definition: 1. penetrate or cut, as with a knife; "The fork bit into the surface"

Sting4 letterstrap
  1. Definition: 1. catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes"

Sting4 lettersscam
  1. Definition: 1. deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"

Sting4 lettersbarb
  1. Definition: 1. an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets"

Sting4 letterstang
  1. Definition: 1. any of various kelps especially of the genus Laminaria

Sting4 lettersrack
  1. Definition: 1. fly in high wind

Sting4 lettersskin
  1. Definition: 1. a person's skin regarded as their life; "he tried to save his skin"

Sting4 lettersprod
  1. Definition: 1. a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion

Sting4 lettersbilk
  1. Definition: 1. escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"

Sting5 letterstouch
  1. Definition: 1. a distinguishing style; "this room needs a woman's touch"

Sting5 lettersteeth
  1. Definition: 1. the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal

Sting5 lettersstick
  1. Definition: 1. come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"

Sting5 letterswound
  1. Definition: 1. cause injuries or bodily harm to

Sting5 lettersrigor
  1. Definition: 1. the quality of being valid and rigorous

Sting5 lettersprick
  1. Definition: 1. the act of puncturing with a small point; "he gave the balloon a small prick"

Sting5 letterssmart
  1. Definition: 1. capable of independent and apparently intelligent action; "smart weapons"

Sting5 letterswring
  1. Definition: 1. twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand"

Sting5 lettersscrew
  1. Definition: 1. defeat someone through trickery or deceit

Sting5 letterstweak
  1. Definition: 1. pinch or squeeze sharply

Sting5 letterstwist
  1. Definition: 1. a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair

Sting5 lettersshave
  1. Definition: 1. the act of removing hair with a razor

Sting6 letterssoften
  1. Definition: 1. become soft or softer; "The bread will soften if you pour some liquid on it"

Sting6 lettersrankle
  1. Definition: 1. gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"

Sting6 lettersthrill
  1. Definition: 1. fill with sublime emotion; "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"

Sting6 letterstingle
  1. Definition: 1. an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him"

Sting6 lettersconjob

    Sting6 lettersnettle
    1. Definition: 1. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations;

    Sting7 letterstorture
    1. Definition: 1. the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"

    Sting7 letterstorment
    1. Definition: 1. subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"

    Sting7 lettersprickle
    1. Definition: 1. irritation

    Sting7 lettersinflame
    1. Definition: 1. catch fire; "The dried grass of the prairie kindled, spreading the flames for miles"

    Sting7 lettersprovoke
    1. Definition: 1. annoy continually or chronically;

    Sting7 lettersswindle
    1. Definition: 1. the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"

    Sting7 lettersscratch
    1. Definition: 1. dry mash for poultry

    Sting8 lettersviolence
    1. Definition: 1. an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists); "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one"

    Sting8 letterswhiplash
    1. Definition: 1. a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object; "the whip raised a red welt"

    Sting8 lettersseverity
    1. Definition: 1. excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"

    Sting8 lettersstinging

      Sting8 letterstingling

        Sting9 letterssurcharge
        1. Definition: 1. print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote

        Sting9 lettersprofiteer

          Sting9 lettersstridency

            Sting9 lettersvictimize

              Sting9 letterssharpness
              1. Definition: 1. harshness of manner

              Sting9 lettersvehemence
              1. Definition: 1. the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence"

              Sting9 lettersvirulence
              1. Definition: 1. extreme hostility; "the virulence of the malicious old man"

              Sting9 lettersroughness

                Sting10 lettersbees-wound

                  Sting10 lettersthimblerig
                  1. Definition: 1. a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under

                  Sting10 lettersstringency

                    Sting11 lettersshortchange

                      Sting12 letterssmartasawhip

                        Sting15 lettersstack-the-cards


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