sting of conscience
1Sting (musician) — Sting Sting at the 2009 premiere of Moon Background information Birth name Gordon Matthew Sumner Also kno …
2sting — [stiŋ] vt. stung, stinging [ME stingen < OE stingan, akin to ON stinga < IE base * stegh , to pierce, sharp > STAG] 1. to prick or wound with a sting: said of plants and insects 2. to cause sharp, sudden, smarting pain to, by or as by… …
3Sting — Sting, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stung}(Archaic {Stang}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Stinging}.] [AS. stingan; akin to Icel. & Sw. stinga, Dan. stinge, and probably to E. stick, v.t.; cf. Goth. usstiggan to put out, pluck out. Cf. {Stick}, v. t.] 1. To pierce… …
4sting — stingingly, adv. stingless, adj. /sting/, v., stung or (Obs.) stang; stung; stinging; n. v.t. 1. to prick or wound with a sharp pointed, often venom bearing organ. 2. to affect painfully or irritatingly as a result of contact, as certain plants… …
5Compunction — Com*punc tion, n. [OF. compunction, F. componction, L. compunctio, fr. compungere, compunctum, to prick; com + pungere to prick, sting. See {Pungent}.] 1. A pricking; stimulation. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] That acid and piercing spirit which, with… …
6qualm — qualm, scruple, compunction, demur can all denote a feeling of doubt or hesitation as to the rightness or wisdom of something one is doing or is about to do. Qualm implies an uneasy, often a sickening, sensation that one is not following the… …
7penitence — penitence, repentance, contrition, attrition, compunction, remorse denote sorrow or regret for sin or wrongdoing. Penitence implies little more than such sorrow or regret {the outward signs of penitence} {all calls to penitence fall on deaf ears …
8Danilo Dolci — Traduction à relire Danilo Dolci → Danilo Dolci …
9compunction — n. Repentance, remorse, contrition, penitence, sorrow, regret, misgiving, qualm, reluctance, reproach of conscience, sting of conscience …
10penitence — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French penitance, from Medieval Latin poenitentia, alteration of Latin paenitentia regret, from paenitent , paenitens, present participle Date: 13th century the quality or state of being penitent ;… …
