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verbunsting (third-person singular simple present unstings, present participle unstinging, simple past and past participle unstinged)
present singular third person unstings · participle present unstinging · participle past unstinged · past unstinged
- archaicfigurativelyoftentransitiveTo remove the sting of
Elegant dissertations on virtue and vice […] will not unsting calamity.
a. 1829, John Mitchell Mason, a sermon1 more example
It unstinged the king of terrors, and filled his soul with humble confidence and joy.
1822, Samuel Stearns, A Sermon [on 2 Tim. iv. 7, 8] delivered at the funeral of the Reverend Eliab Stone, page 3
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unsting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsting
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“unsting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsting. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unsting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsting.
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