Smart (Verb)
Meaning
Be the source of pain.
Classification
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
Examples
- The cut on her hand still smarted after a few days and was bothering her a lot.
- His tongue smarted from accidentally licking a battery during a dare.
- The scathing criticism from his boss smarted and haunted him for weeks.
- Her eyes smarted from the tear gas the police used to disperse the crowd.
- The wound on his knee still smarted and made him wince with every step.