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Smart

To feel a lively, pungent local pain; -- said of some part of the body as the seat of irritation; as, my finger smarts; these wounds smart.

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Astute 84% connected

Critically discerning; sagacious; shrewd; subtle; crafty.

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Astute 84% connected

Critically discerning; sagacious; shrewd; subtle; crafty.

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Automatic 84% connected

Alt. of Automatical

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Automatic 84% connected

Alt. of Automatical

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Canny 84% connected

Alt. of Cannei

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Canny 84% connected

Alt. of Cannei

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Clever 84% connected

Possessing quickness of intellect, skill, dexterity, talent, or adroitness; expert.

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Clever 84% connected

Possessing quickness of intellect, skill, dexterity, talent, or adroitness; expert.

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Fashionable 84% connected

Conforming to the fashion or established mode; according with the prevailing form or style; as, a fashionable dress.

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Fashionable 84% connected

Conforming to the fashion or established mode; according with the prevailing form or style; as, a fashionable dress.

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Fast 84% connected

To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

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Fast 84% connected

To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

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Forward 84% connected

An agreement; a covenant; a promise.

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Forward 84% connected

An agreement; a covenant; a promise.

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Intelligent 84% connected

Endowed with the faculty of understanding or reason; as, man is an intelligent being.

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Intelligent 84% connected

Endowed with the faculty of understanding or reason; as, man is an intelligent being.

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Intense 84% connected

Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought.

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Intense 84% connected

Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought.

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Sharp 84% connected

Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen.

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Sharp 84% connected

Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen.

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Shrewd 84% connected

Inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence, vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious; rough; unfair; shrewish.

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Shrewd 84% connected

Inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence, vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious; rough; unfair; shrewish.

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Stylish 84% connected

Having style or artistic quality; given to, or fond of, the display of style; highly fashionable; modish; as, a stylish dress, house, manner.

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Stylish 84% connected

Having style or artistic quality; given to, or fond of, the display of style; highly fashionable; modish; as, a stylish dress, house, manner.

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Manner of action 8

Bite 76% connected

To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a cru…

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Burn 76% connected

To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.

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Hunger 76% connected

An uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of food; a craving or desire for food.

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Itch 76% connected

To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected.

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Shoot 76% connected

An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artifi…

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Sting 76% connected

Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal stin…

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Thirst 76% connected

A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (as fear, excite…

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Throb 76% connected

To beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of agitation; to palpitate; -- said of the heart, pulse, etc.

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Hurting 76% connected

of Hurt

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Pain 76% connected

Punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment for crime, or connected with the commission of a crime; penalty.

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Derivationally related 8

Hurt 74% connected

A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.

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Hurt 74% connected

A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.

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Lip 74% connected

One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips are organs of speech essential to…

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Lip 74% connected

One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips are organs of speech essential to…

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Pain 74% connected

Punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment for crime, or connected with the commission of a crime; penalty.

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Pain 74% connected

Punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment for crime, or connected with the commission of a crime; penalty.

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Smartness 74% connected

The quality or state of being smart.

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Smartness 74% connected

The quality or state of being smart.

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See also 2

Intelligent 66% connected

Endowed with the faculty of understanding or reason; as, man is an intelligent being.

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Intelligent 66% connected

Endowed with the faculty of understanding or reason; as, man is an intelligent being.

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Synonym 12

Ache 92% connected

A name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley.

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Bright 92% connected

See Brite, v. i.

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Chic 92% connected

Good form; style.

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Fresh 92% connected

Possessed of original life and vigor; new and strong; unimpaired; sound.

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Hurt 92% connected

A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.

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Impertinent 92% connected

Not pertinent; not pertaining to the matter in hand; having no bearing on the subject; not to the point; irrelevant; inapplicable.

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Impudent 92% connected

Bold, with contempt or disregard; unblushingly forward; impertinent; wanting modesty; shameless; saucy.

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Overbold 92% connected

Excessively or presumptuously bold; impudent.

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Saucy 92% connected

Showing impertinent boldness or pertness; transgressing the rules of decorum; treating superiors with contempt; impudent; insolent; as, a saucy fello…

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Smarting 92% connected

of Smart

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Smartness 92% connected

The quality or state of being smart.

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Wise 92% connected

Having knowledge; knowing; enlightened; of extensive information; erudite; learned.

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Antonym 2

Stupid 94% connected

Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; -- said of persons.

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Stupid 94% connected

Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; -- said of persons.

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