All smarting synonyms
smart
S s noun smarting
adj smarting
- aching — causing physical pain or distress: treatment for an aching back.
- achy — If you feel achy, your body hurts.
- burning — You use burning to describe something that is extremely hot.
- hypersensitive — excessively sensitive: to be hypersensitive to criticism.
- abscessed — a localized collection of pus in the tissues of the body, often accompanied by swelling and inflammation and frequently caused by bacteria.
- anguished — Anguished means showing or feeling great mental suffering or physical pain.
- painful — affected with, causing, or characterized by pain: a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory.
- nagging — continually faultfinding, complaining, or petulant: a nagging parent.