Associations to the word «Smarting»

Wiktionary

SMARTING, adjective. Painful, sore.
SMARTING, adjective. (figuratively) Experiencing emotional pain or embarrassment.
SMARTING, verb. Present participle of smart
SMARTING, noun. A sensation that smarts or stings.
SMARTING OFF, verb. Present participle of smart off

Dictionary definition

SMARTING, noun. A kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore.

Wise words

A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space.
Joseph Conrad