smart

v

1. sting, prick, prickle, bite, nip, pinch, pierce, stab; gripe, burn, chafe, itch, rasp, grate, gall; hurt, pain, ache, throb, tingle.

2. injure, offend, aggrieve, grieve, sorrow, cut to the quick, cut to the heart, wound the feelings; disturb, distress, annoy, irritate, nettle, aggravate, rub the wrong way, vex; rile, rankle, roil, irk.

3. regret, feel shame or remorse, be stung with remorse, feel chagrin; lament, deplore, rue.

adj

4. sharp, keen, stinging, poignant, sore, painful; hard, resounding, severe, rough, harsh, stiff; vigorous, swift, brisk, fast, sudden.

5. cutting, trenchant, scathing, derisive, derisory, insulting; curt, rude, crusty, abrupt, brusque, gruff; tart, bitter, acrid, acrimonious, rancorous; lashing, malicious, malevolent, venomous, envenomed, spiteful, maleficent.

6. energetic, lively, alive, full of life, vivid, spirited, animated; eager, alert, active, spry, quick, agile, jaunty, perky; breezy, buoyant, airy; jocund, sportive, hearty, merry, cheery; earnest, enthusiastic, fervent, ardent, heated, zealous.

7. apt, adroit, ingenious, deft; alert, wide-awake, bright, brilliant, acute, sharp-witted, sharp as a tack; intelligent, quick-witted, ready; sagacious, sage, wise, sapient, sapiential; rational, logical, reasonable, com-mon-sensical, having a good head on one's shoulders; judicious, prudent, sensible; able, capable, competent.

8. perspicacious, discerning, long-headed, penetrating, perceptive, percipient, insightful; gifted, talented, well-endowed, intellectual, brainy; educated, learned, well-schooled, instructed; erudite, knowledgeable, versed, well-read, aware, Sl. hip, knowing, Fr. au fair; ace, topflight, top-drawer, first-rate, Inf. topnotch.

9. astute, shrewd, Sl. savvy, hard-headed, subtle; cunning, foxy, artful, politic, wily, crafty, sly, calculating.

10. clever, witty, nimble-witted; whimsical, droll, humorous, funny, jocose, jocular; effective, masterly, forcible, stirring, vigorous, racy; pointed, barbed, trenchant.

11. spruce, trim, neat, Brit. trig, well-groomed; fashionable, elegant, soigne", chic, up-to-the-minute, modish, Sl. hip; natty, Sl. spiffy, Inf. snappy, Sl. classy, Inf. nifty; rakish, saucy, dashing, dandy, dapper, showy.

n

12. sting, bite, nip, pinch, sharp pain; ache, gnawing pain, burn, sore, pang, twinge, tingle.

13. pain, sorrow, woe, grievance, worry; torment, torture, agony; shame, remorse, embarrassment, mortification.

14. injury, offense, cut, blow, shock; aggravation, gall, vexation, fret; oppression, load, burden, cross, curse, bitter pill, trial; blight, canker.