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aching
That aches; continuously painful. See ache
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  1. That aches; continuously painful. See ache
  2. Full of painful yearning or sorrow:
  3. Dully painful.
achy
Experiencing aches.
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  1. Experiencing aches.
  2. Having an ache, or dull, steady pain
  3. Suffering from aches, sore.
afflictive
That causes physical or mental pain
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  1. That causes physical or mental pain
  2. Causing pain or misery
hurtful
Tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury.
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  1. Tending to impair or damage; injurious; mischievous; occasioning loss or injury.
  2. Causing pain or suffering, especially of a psychological nature.
  3. Causing hurt; specif., wounding the feelings
painful
Causing mental anguish or suffering:
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  1. Causing mental anguish or suffering:
  2. Causing pain; hurting; distressing
  3. Full of or giving pain:
sore
Causing sadness, grief, misery, or distress
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  1. Causing sadness, grief, misery, or distress
  2. Causing embarrassment or irritation:
  3. Feeling physical pain; hurting:
Find another word for smarting. In this page you can discover 8 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for smarting, like: aching, achy, afflictive, hurtful, nagging, painful, sore and pain.

Sentence Examples

  • She slipped into her shoes, still smarting from his reproach.

  • Smarting beneath their grievances and seriously believing that not only the young king's crown but his very life was in danger, they formed a conspiracy, the soul of which was Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, to overthrow the government, with the aid of a Russian fleet, supported by a rising of the Dalecarlians.

  • The keen sarcasm of his polished rhetoric was not calculated to soothe the susceptibilities of men already smarting under the deprivation of their most cherished illusions.

  • Smarting under defeat and angered by Hamilton's criticisms, Burr sent the challenge which resulted in the famous duel at Weehawken, N.J., on the 11th of July 1804, and the death of Hamilton on the following day.

  • 1415), a descendant of the former princes of Powys and a favourite courtier of the late King Richard, smarting under the effect of personal wrongs received from Henry of Lancaster.

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