smart
verb (used without object)
to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
smarted
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past participleof smart.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof smart.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
smartverb (used without object)to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
Example Sentences
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"The media world is unrecognisable from the one he stepped into seventy years ago and the decision to scrap plans to reunite his empire must have smarted."
From Reuters ● Sep. 21, 2023
There was much speculation about his state of mind, whether the scars of the first defeat still smarted.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2023
When such flourishes distressed Obama advisers, Mr. Biden — who had been his own boss for decades — smarted at having his political intuition questioned or overruled, former aides say.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2020
My hands were already blistering, I could tell; they smarted when I repositioned them on the oars.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2016
His eyes smarted and it was as though some fever in him made everything too bright and sharp.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
