smart

Examples

• All

• Oh, that smarts.

  Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie (2014)

• God, that smarts.

  Meet the Spartans (2008)

• Great horny toads, that smarts!

  Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

• Hey, that smarts.

  Dangerous Curves (1988)

• Sweetback finally heads for Mexico, using his street smarts to elude his pursuers.

  Academic text (2017)

• After the burn, I felt a sharp smart in my arm.

• The cut on her finger made her wince from the unexpected smart.

• He experienced a sudden smart after accidentally touching the hot stove.

Synonyms

S

sharp sting

vssmart

1 3.2

A sudden, strong, short pain like a small prick

is the same pain but not limited to a pointed cause

S

smartness

vssmart

8.2

A sharp, stinging pain from a wound or burn

is the common form used to describe that pain

S

stinging

vssmart

3.0

A sharp sudden pain you feel on your skin

is the same pain but often from wounds, burns, or sores

Antonyms

E

to ease

305 2.1

To make something less painful or difficult

C

to comfort

172 1.0

To make someone feel less upset or in pain

Idioms

S

smart as a whip

• Informal

5 7.0

Very quick to understand things and find answers

R

right smart

• Informal

9.6

Fairly large in amount or degree

R

right smart

• Informal

9.9

To a large degree

Compounds

S

smart bomb

• Specialized

7 4.0

A bomb that can be guided to hit a specific target

S

smart aleck

• Offensive

5 7.5

A person who acts as if they know everything and annoys others

S

smart money

• Jargon

4 5.6

Money invested or bet by people believed to have expert knowledge

S

smart card

• Specialized

3 3.7

A small plastic card with a chip that stores money or ID

S

smart money

• Jargon

3 6.8

People believed to have expert knowledge or inside information about investments and bets

S

smart arse

• Offensive

1 9.4

A person who says clever things to annoy or upset others

S

smart set

• Specialized

1 3.8

A group of connected home devices like lights or speakers you control together

S

smart set

• Archaic

1 8.2

A group of fashionable people in high society

S

smart money

• Formal

8.4

Money a court gives to punish someone for doing something wrong

How Painful

excruciating

46 7.9

severe

520 3.5

smart

100 8.5

sharp

67 2.2

mild

107 1.0

dull

15 1.6

Surface Forms

Etymology