Past tense of smart
regular verb
The past tense of smart is smarted. The past participle is also smarted.
Forms of smart
| Base form (V1) | smart /smɑɹt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | smarted |
| Past participle (V3) | smarted |
| Present participle | smarting /ˈsmɑɹtɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | smarts |
Smarted in a sentence
- Ben had smarted off to the principal and Lester had backed him up.2002, Celia H. Miles, Mattie's Girl: An Appalachian Childhood, page 62. From the entry smarted off
- Urrell's own face smarted with dirt, exposure and cold-spreathe.2012, John Hart, Mammoth Boy, page 106. From the entry spreathe
Meaning of smart
- verb To hurt or sting.
- verb To cause a smart or sting in.
- verb To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.
Questions about the past tense of smart
- What is the past tense of smart?
- The past tense of smart is smarted.
- What is the past participle of smart?
- The past participle of smart is smarted.
- Is smart a regular or irregular verb?
- Smart is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: smart (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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