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comparative more smarting, superlative most smarting
Painful, sore. examples
(figuratively) Experiencing emotional pain or embarrassment. examples
present participle and gerund of smart examples
countable and uncountable, plural smartings
A sensation that smarts or stings. quotations examples
Strong they are; for they trample upon our light, the penalties of laws divine and human; yea, and the smartings of our own conscience.
1714, Thomas Halyburton, Natural Religion Insufficient, and Revealed Religion Necessary, to Man's Happiness in his Present State