Synonyms for Smarting:
adj.
•painful (adjective)horrendous, Besetting, afflictive, insufferable, tormenting, stabbing, irritating, agonizing, bitter, chafing, hurtful, painful, nagging, troublesome, piercing, Torturing., inflaming, burdensome, wrenching, biting, distressful, achy, uncomfortable, bothersome, withering, anguishing, grievous, annoying, aching, odious, severe, crushing, unbearable, acute, miserable, offensive, unpleasant, hurting, aggravating, woeful, arduous, cruel, Gnawing, excruciating, grueling, cutting, stinging, trying, sore, Irksome, disagreeable, throbbing, Cramping, harrowing, distressing, oppressive.
n.
achy, afflictive, nagging. •pain (noun)hurt, throb, stab, inflammation, Back Ache, agony, pang, wrench, wound, ache, earache, pain, headache, injury, cramp, malaise, infliction, suffering, sore, painfulness, stitch, anguish, bite, chafing, rack, spasm, crick, Migraine, irritation, distress, affliction, discomfort, burn, torment, misery, torture, bruise, grief, throe, sting, gripe.
•smarting (noun)
smart, painful.
v.
•paining (verb)racking, Afflicting, Paining, stitching, hurting, distressing, Discomforting.
Other synonyms:
achy, afflictive, nagging. •Other relevant words:
afflictive, smart, nagging, achy.
Usage examples for smarting
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Cowed with terror, and smarting with keenest pain, the youth took his wife in his arms and sobbed like the beaten thing he was. – Weighed and Wanting by George MacDonald
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Cheetham is smarting under your rules, and you can't expect him to go against any rule, that saves him a shilling." – Put Yourself in His Place by Charles Reade
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They tormented him with a kind of smarting anguish. – Tom Slade at Black Lake by Percy Keese Fitzhugh