Smart

Quick meaning: Smart is a verb meaning (intransitive) To hurt or sting.

Meaning

(intransitive) To hurt or sting.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To cause a smart or sting in.
2. (intransitive) To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.
3. Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.
4. (informal) Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.
5. (often in combination) Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology).
6. Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable.
7. Cleverly shrewd and humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful.

Example Sentences

A goad that […] smarts the flesh.

He that is ſurety for a ſtranger ſhall ſmart for it.

After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed "Ouch, my arm smarts!"

You think this cruel? take it for a rule, / No creature ſmarts ſo little as a Fool.

Word Forms

• smarts
• smarting
• smarted
• smarter
• smartest

Synonyms for smart

Depending on context, synonyms include bright, capable, sophisticated, witty, astute, brainy.

Antonyms for smart

Common opposites include backward, banal, boorish, dull, inept, ignorant.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hurt, ache, raffish, rakish, snappy, cagy.

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