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
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at
least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are
nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to
build something with them; they do not win their true
meaning until one knows how to apply them.