smart

About 10.44 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To hurt or sting.

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

2. verb To cause a smart or sting in.
3. verb To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.
4. adjective Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.
5. adjective Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.
6. adjective Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology).

   smart car

7. adjective Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable.

   a smart outfit

8. adjective Cleverly shrewd and humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful.

   He became tired of his girlfriend's smart remarks.

Similar words

hurt ache raffish rakish snappy cagy impertinent dashing impudent overbold

Often followed by

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Word family

smarted smarter smartest smarting smartly smartness smartnesses smarts