smart
Meaning
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- To hurt or sting.
- To cause a smart or sting in.
- To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.
Synonyms
witty
cause pain
trenchant
well groomed
be knowledgeable
poignant
good at
have fever
sharp-featured
shrewd person
well-shaped
burning the tongue
becoming tense
intelligent person
be great
have pain
intelligent -
has common sense
pretty and charming
nice in appearance
well-cared
ability
beardown
be sore
braw
clear thinking
clear-thinking
debonair
in good condition
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/smɑɹt/
Etymology
From Middle English smerten, from Old English smeortan (“to smart”), from Proto-West Germanic *smertan, from Proto-Germanic *smertaną (“to hurt, ache”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (“to bite, sting”). Cognate with Scots smert, Dutch smarten, German schmerzen, Danish smerte, Swedish smärta.
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