smarted
past simple and past participle ofsmart
smart
verb[I]
uk/smɑːt/us/smɑːrt/tohurtwith asharppain:
Myeyeswere smartingfromtheonions.
to cause pain
- hurtMy leg hurts.
- acheMy legs are still aching from my run yesterday.
- throbMy head throbbed.
- stingHis cheeks stung from the aftershave he'd just put on.
- smartThe smoke was thick, making her eyes smart.
- rubThe clothing is cleverly stitched to prevent the seams rubbing anywhere.
tofeelupsetandangrybecause offailureorcriticism:
Thepolicearestillsmartingfromtheirfailuretopreventtherobbery.
Pain & painful
- -racked
- be murder onsomethingidiom
- brain freeze
- cluster headache
- dully
- dysmenorrhea
- excruciating
- grief
- groan
- neuralgia
- painful
- rawness
- sciatic
- sciatica
- sharpness
- sore
- soreness
- sting
- stitch
- tingle
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Feeling sad and unhappy
Examplesofsmarted
smarted
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
His wounds were very quick; theysmarted, but you recovered from them quickly.
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A man who could bear the blows of his enemies with equanimity must havesmartedunder such lashes from his countrymen.
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Here is an opportunity for a small concession being made by way of meting out justice to some who have alreadysmartedand suffered as the result of injustice.
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For which their backs havesmarted!
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Nair's column was taken seriously by writers even when many of themsmartedunder his merciless attack.
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