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smart

 
 
/smɑːt/ verb [I]

Definition

UPSET to feel upset because someone has said or done something unpleasant to you: The team are still smarting from last week's defeat.
PAIN If part of your body smarts, it hurts with a sharp, burning pain: The smoke from the fire made her eyes smart.
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