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adj. Painful, sore.

n. a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore

"I predict that, some time shortly after the end of this fiscal quarter, a frustrated reporter still smarting from the totally unfair chewing-out by his or her editor is going to do the journalistic (and metaphorical) equivalent of rushing the podium and smacking Robert Gibbs right in the chops."

cagy    cagey    sharp    astute    canny   

smarted    smarting    smartness    smarts   

hurting    pain   

brisk    vigorous    rapid    intelligent    clever   

suffer    dandy    tart    sharp    showy   

Art    Bart    Carte    Descartes    Hart   

clever    nice    damn    neat    quick