bee-stung


adjective

having a red and swollen appearance: 1920s flappers with bee-stung lips.

Origin of bee-stung

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby bee-stung

Example sentences from the Web for bee-stung

  • She comes out of it with a violent start, as though she had just been bee-stung.

    Cobb's Bill-of-Fare |Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
  • As though she had been bee-stung, Mittie May flung up her head.

    Sundry Accounts |Irvin S. Cobb
  • He was mollified and won by the big, gentle eyes and that bee-stung upper lip.

    We Can't Have Everything |Rupert Hughes
  • As though he had been bee-stung the little man pivoted on his heels.

    Local Color |Irvin S. Cobb

British Dictionary definitions for bee-stung

bee-stung

adjective

(of the lips) pouting and sensuous