unsting

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ sting.

Verb

unsting (third-person singular simple present unstings, present participle unstinging, simple past and past participle unstinged)

1. (transitive, archaic, often figurative) To remove the sting of
   • a. 1829, John Mitchell Mason, a sermon:

     Elegant dissertations on virtue and vice […] will not unsting calamity.

   • 1822, Samuel Stearns, A Sermon [on 2 Tim. iv. 7, 8] delivered at the funeral of the Reverend Eliab Stone, page 3:

     It unstinged the king of terrors, and filled his soul with humble confidence and joy.

References

• “unsting”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• tunings