smarting
present participle ofsmart
| 单词 | smarting |
| 释义 | smarting present participle ofsmart smart verb[I] uk/smɑːt/us/smɑːrt/tohurtwith asharppain: Myeyeswere smartingfromtheonions. to cause pain
tofeelupsetandangrybecause offailureorcriticism: Thepolicearestillsmartingfromtheirfailuretopreventtherobbery. Pain & painful
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Feeling sad and unhappy Examplesofsmartingsmarting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Smartingfrom the accusation of blasphemy, he had provided the government with a sort of vindication shortly after his last acquittal. From theCambridge English Corpus But the occurrence of such a level is by no means always accompanied by haze or reduced visibility and still less bysmartingeyes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I think he wassmartingfrom a castigation he got the other day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If they aresmartingunder a grievance, how much more must ordinary people besmartingbecause of the grievances they feel? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Some of us are stillsmartingunder the blow struck against the workers in 1931. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have emerged after facing the people, a democracy that wassmartingfrom cuts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Clearly, they are stillsmartingfrom their defeat on both counts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They have come with a grievance and asmartingunder a sense of injustice very often against courts of summary jurisdiction. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Stillsmartingsomewhat from the last election, we take well and gratefully receive those remarks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There have been many complaints, particularly aboutsmartingeyes and running noses caused by sulphuric acid spray from the cooling system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Those of us who belong to my generation in particular aresmartingas a result of the way we were treated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 At the same time those of us who belong to the engineering industry aresmartingunder a grievance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 As a result we shall be left high and dry, and people in various localities will be leftsmarting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 A hungry populace,smartingunder a sense of injustice, would continually have been a potential, and possibly an actual, source of danger to property. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Are you going to embitter it by having the working classessmartingunder an obvious injustice? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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