The meaning of Smarting

Smarting – definition

noun
The fact or sensation of feeling a sharp stinging pain.
Usage examples:
Ammonia can cause smarting of the eyes and breathing difficulties

adjective
(of part of the body) feeling a sharp stinging pain.
Usage examples:
Susan rubbed her smarting eyes

verb
(of a wound or part of the body) feel or cause a sharp stinging pain.
Usage examples:
Her legs were scratched and smarting
Synonims:
Sting Burn Tingle Prickle Hurt Ache

verb
Present participle of smart
Usage examples:
My eyes were smarting from the onions., the police are still smarting from their failure to prevent…

Smarting translation into English

Smarting: translate from English into Chinese

聪明的, 痛苦

Smarting: translate from English into Dutch

Smartelijk, Lijden, Boeten, Pijn doen, Smarten, Zeer doen

Smarting: translate from English into French

Picotement

Smarting: translate from English into German

Beißend, Brennen

Smarting: translate from English into Hindi

स्मार्टिंग, कड़ी पीड़ा देना, कड़ी पीड़ा अनुभव करना

Smarting: translate from English into Italian

Bruciore, Far male, Soffrire, Dolere, Frizzare

Smarting: translate from English into Korean

스마트, 아리다, 분개 하다, 괴로워하다, 벌을 받다

Smarting: translate from English into Russian

Умничать, Болезненный

Smarting: translate from English into Spanish

Escozor, Escocer, Picar

Word origin

Old English smeortan (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to German schmerzen ; the adjective is related to the verb, the original sense (late Old English) being ‘causing sharp pain’; fro

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Smarting – similar words

smarted

verb
(of a wound or part of the body) feel or cause a sharp stinging pain.
Usage examples:
Her legs were scratched and smarting

adjective
(of a person) clean, tidy, and well dressed.
Usage examples:
You look very smart

adjective
Having or showing a quick-witted intelligence.
Usage examples:
If he was that smart he would never have been tricked

All meanings and translations of Smarted

smart

adjective
(of a person) clean, tidy, and well dressed.
Usage examples:
You look very smart

verb
(of a wound or part of the body) feel or cause a sharp stinging pain.
Usage examples:
Her legs were scratched and smarting

noun
Sharp stinging pain.
Usage examples:
The smart of the recent cuts

All meanings and translations of Smart

Smarting synonims

ache

noun
A continuous or prolonged dull pain in a part of one's body.
Usage examples:
The ache in her head worsened

verb
Suffer from a continuous dull pain.
Usage examples:
My legs ached from the previous day's exercise

All meanings and translations of Ache

burn

bɜːn

verb
(of a fire) produce flames and heat while consuming a material such as coal or wood.
Usage examples:
A fire burned and crackled cheerfully in the grate

noun
An injury caused by exposure to heat or flame.
Usage examples:
He was treated in hospital for burns to his hands

noun
A small stream.
Usage examples:
There is a burn running through the flower beds

All meanings and translations of Burn

hurt

verb
Cause pain or injury to.
Usage examples:
Ow! you're hurting me!

adjective
Physically injured.
Usage examples:
He complained of a hurt leg and asked his trainer to stop the fight

noun
Physical injury; harm.
Usage examples:
Rolling properly into a fall minimizes hurt

All meanings and translations of Hurt

prickle

noun
A short pointed outgrowth on the bark or epidermis of a plant; a small thorn.
Usage examples:
The prickles of the gorse bushes

verb
(of a part of the body) experience a tingling sensation, especially as a result of strong emotion.
Usage examples:
The sound made her skin prickle with horror

noun
A stinging feeling as if made by a sharp point
Usage examples:
A prickle of fear ran up the back of my neck., [ t ] she lay on the dry grass, which prickled the b…

All meanings and translations of Prickle

sting

noun
A small sharp-pointed organ at the end of the abdomen of bees, wasps, ants, and scorpions, capable of inflicting a painful or dangerous wound by injecting poison.
Usage examples:
The poor fellow has neither the tusks of the elephant, nor the claws of the lion, nor even the horn…

verb
Wound or pierce with a sting.
Usage examples:
He was stung by a jellyfish

verb
(esp. of insects, plants, and animals) to produce a small but painful injury by making a very small hole in the skin
Usage examples:
[ i ] why do bees sting?, [ t ] cold air stung jack’s lungs., [ i ] the soap made his eyes sting., …

All meanings and translations of Sting

tingle

verb
Experience or cause to experience a slight prickling or stinging sensation.
Usage examples:
She was tingling with excitement

noun
A slight prickling or stinging sensation.
Usage examples:
A tingle of anticipation

noun
An s-shaped metal clip used to support heavy panes of glass or slates on a roof.

All meanings and translations of Tingle

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