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smartness

8.2

A sharp, stinging pain from a wound or burn

noun
/ˈsmɑrt.nəs/

: escozor

She felt a sharp smartness in her arm after the injection.

Examples

She felt the smartness of the disinfectant as it touched her scraped knee.
The smartness from the sunburn lasted for several days.
He winced at the smartness caused by the paper cut.
The smartness of the cut on his finger was unbearable.
After he accidentally touched the hot stove, he felt a sharp smartness in his fingertips.
The athlete winced from the smartness of the scrape on his knee after falling during the race.
When the medic cleaned the wound, a brief smartness shot through my arm.

Synonyms

smart

vssmartness

100 8.5

A sudden sharp pain that stings

is the same meaning but is the longer derived noun form

smarts

vssmartness

5.8

A sharp physical pain or a hurt feeling

refers only to sharp stinging physical pain from wounds or burns

How Painful

agony

135 3.9

pain

∞ 1.0

ache

92 1.3

smartness

8.2

twinge

17 4.9

Surface Forms

smartness singular

smartnesses plural

Morphology

smartness = smart (opaque) = smart + ness

The word 'smart' in this context refers to a sharp, stinging pain, which is not a common derivation from the adjective 'smart' meaning intelligent.

Etymology

Smartness for a stinging pain comes from an old English verb smeortan meaning 'to sting' or 'to hurt'. So smartness can mean a quick, sharp pain, like the sting of a paper cut.