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Definition 2024
smarting
smarting
English
Adjective
smarting (comparative more smarting, superlative most smarting)
- Painful, sore.
- My arm is still smarting from where the ball hit it.
- (figuratively) Experiencing emotional pain or embarrassment.
Verb
smarting
- present participle of smart
Noun
smarting (plural smartings)
- A sensation that smarts or stings.
- Thomas Halyburton
- Strong they are; for they trample upon our light, the penalties of laws divine and human; yea, and the smartings of our own conscience.
- Thomas Halyburton