Smarting (original) (raw)

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Pronunciation (US):		(GB):

I. (noun)

Meaning:

A kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore

Synonyms:

smart; smarting; smartness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("smarting" is a kind of...):

hurting; pain (a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder)

Derivation:

smart (be the source of pain)

-ing form of the verb smart