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smarted

smarted is the simple past and past participle of smart.

Meaning of smart

Verb

smart (third-person singular simple present smarts, present participle smarting, simple past smarted or (obsolete) smort, past participle smarted or (obsolete) smort or (obsolete) smorten)

  1. (intransitive) To hurt or sting.
    • After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed "Ouch, my arm smarts!"
  2. (transitive) To cause a smart or sting in.
    • A goad that […] smarts the flesh.a. 1652, Thomas Adams, Faith’s Encouragement
  3. (intransitive) To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.
    • You think this cruel? take it for a rule, / No creature ſmarts ſo little as a Fool.1735 January 13 (Gregorian calendar; indicated as 1734), [Alexander] Pope, An Epistle from Mr. Pope, to Dr. Arbuthnot, London: […] J[ohn] Wright for Lawton Gilliver […], →OCLC, page 5, lines 81–82

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What is smarted the simple past and past participle of?
Smarted is the simple past and past participle of smart.

Words near smarted in the dictionary

  1. smartbook
  2. smartbooks
  3. smartcard
  4. smartcards
  5. smartdust
  6. smarted
  7. smarted off
  8. smarten
  9. smarten up
  10. smartened
  11. smartened up

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