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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Asia stocks hit a 11-week low on Wednesday as renewed concerns about U.S. interest rates slugged Wall Street, while investors still smarted from dismal Chinese economic data and the absence of meaningful stimulus.
From Reuters ● Aug. 16, 2023
There was much speculation about his state of mind, whether the scars of the first defeat still smarted.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2023
It must have smarted that he was the only one of the "I Love Lucy" four principals not nominated for an acting Emmy for the show.
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2022
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
There was a strange sharp smell in the air that smarted in their noses.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
