smarting

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Tears came into his eyes--smarting, difficult tears.

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  • Without causing the slightest pain or smarting, the gas had blinded them effectively This blinding gas was a new chemical. —  035 - Murder Mirage
  • I thought of nothing but the family disgrace under which we were smarting, and how to get out of it. —  The Fugitive Blacksmith
  • The fellow's fear of personal injury had overcome his fear of hitting the T. N. T. The slug started the bronze man's shoulder smarting, and he hit again with his fist. —  028 - The Roar Devil
  • Triple H going through the SuperHunter routine after out-smarting, out-witting, and out-playing Randy Orton was predictable. —  PWTorch.com
  • Still smarting (or exulting) over Kelly Monaco's win on Dancing With the Stars —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
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smarting:   smart ·  smartest ·  smarter ·  smarted ·  smarts
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
 

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