Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
smarting
IPA transcription: [sm'ɑɹtɪŋ]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
smart, smarting, smartness
Meaning:
a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
Usage examples
Her hands were trembling and her eyes were smarting.
Instantly the pain and smarting ceased, and the merchant's son had perfect ease.
Milburgh scarcely felt a twinge of pain, only a mild irritating smarting and no more.
It was done as the king said, and by-and-by Aben Hassen the Fool lay in the prison, smarting and sore with the whipping he had had.