smarting in English

verb
1
(of a wound or part of the body) cause a sharp, stinging pain.
the wound was smarting
noun
verb

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1. I rubbed my smarting eyes.

2. He was smarting with vexation.

3. He was smarting under an injustice.

4. 26 I rubbed my smarting eyes.

5. He was smarting under his father's rebukes.

6. The dentist's drill left his tooth smarting.

7. My eyes were smarting with the smoke.

8. Well, I was smarting under a sense of defeat.

9. In spite of this magnanimity Dorothen was still smarting.

10. He is still smarting over his humiliation in the election.

11. His were smarting now, as if he wanted to cry.

12. 8 synonyms for Achy: aching, afflictive, hurtful, nagging, painful, smarting, sore, aching

13. Another word for Aching: painful, suffering, hurting, tired, smarting Collins English Thesaurus

14. 9 synonyms for Afflictive: aching, achy, hurtful, nagging, painful, smarting, sore, painful, sore

15. Willie turned quickly away and walked out of the door, his ears smarting.

16. 38 synonyms for Aching: painful, suffering, hurting, tired, smarting, pounding, raw, tender, sore

17. 23 There may be much urging to urinate, smarting, stinging, burning along the urinary tract.

18. Fleur, still smarting from Jon's rebuff, established a country rest home for working girls.

19. Biting definition, nipping; smarting; keen: Biting cold; a Biting sensation on the tongue

20. She whipped these out to try and smother the blaze, her eyes smarting with the smoke.

21. She winced, smarting beneath memories of Giles's disbelief and the greedy delight that had turned to frustrated irritation.

22. She blinked artificial eyelashes over wide, brown eyes that were smarting from the vanity of contact lenses.

23. Then there are the hockey Kings, smarting from an awful season and paling in comparison to the Stanley Cup champion Ducks.

24. At first we could see nothing, our eyes hurting and smarting at the strain as well as the biting night air.

25. Hydrogen disulfide has been described as "having a severe and irritating odour" that is similar to camphor or SCl2, causing "tears and a smarting sensation in the nostrils".