Crossword clues for smarted
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Smart \Smart\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Smarted; p. pr. & vb. n. Smarting.] [OE. smarten, AS. smeortan; akin to D. smarten, smerten, G. schmerzen, OHG. smerzan, Dan. smerte, SW. sm["a]rta, D. smart, smert, a pain, G. schmerz, Ohg. smerzo, and probably to L. mordere to bite; cf. Gr. ????, ?????, terrible, fearful, Skr. m?d to rub, crush. Cf. Morsel.]
To feel a lively, pungent local pain; -- said of some part of the body as the seat of irritation; as, my finger smarts; these wounds smart.
--Chaucer.
--Shak.-
To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to suffer; to feel the sting of evil.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
--Pope.He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
--Prov. xi. 15.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: smart)
Usage examples of "smarted".
His body felt bruised from the riding straps, his face smarted, and his fingers, toes, and knees were numb.
He bruised the leaf as the final test and sure enough, had to jerk his hand back as his fingers smarted and then lost all feeling.
Her buttocks smarted and seemed to swell as if waiting for the next spank, which never came.
I squirmed, almost unable to stand still, and smarted at the immediate laughter.
Confronted with the prospect of negro rule, the future seemed dark and hopeless, and the embittered state smarted and writhed helplessly.
His hand smarted, and he turned uncertainly toward the bunk and the boy who sat atop it, regarding him curiously.