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smorten

smorten is the 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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Questions about smorten

What is smorten the past participle of?
Smorten is the past participle of smart.

Words near smorten in the dictionary

  1. smorgasbords
  2. smoring
  3. smorrebrod
  4. smorrebrods
  5. smort
  6. smorten
  7. smorzando
  8. Smorzhiv
  9. SMOS
  10. smot
  11. smote

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