smarting

adj

1. Painful, sore.

   “My arm is still smarting from where the ball hit it.”

2. (figuratively)Experiencing emotional pain or embarrassment.

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of smart

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A sensation that smarts or stings.

   “Strong they are; for they trample upon our light, the penalties of laws divine and human; yea, and the smartings of our own conscience.”