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Smarting

verb
Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.verbTo hurt or sting.
"After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed "Ouch, my arm smarts!""
2.verbTo cause a smart or sting in.
3.verbTo feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.
4.nounA sensation that smarts or stings.
5.adjectivePainful, sore.
"My arm is still smarting from where the ball hit it."
6.adjectiveExperiencing emotional pain or embarrassment.

Synonyms

painfulsoresnelltenderbitterhurtsmartfulprickypainlikeirritatingstingingpainsome

Rhymes With

impartingpartingstartingdepartingfartingwater partingdartingcarting
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