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sting

What is the past tense of sting?

The past tense of sting is stung.

Sting is an irregular (strong) verb: the vowel changes instead of adding -ed.

All forms of sting

as a noun

base
sting
plural
stings

as a verb

base
sting
past tense
stung
past participle
stung
third-person singular
stings
present participle
stinging