That causes smarting; (physically or mentally) painful; sharp, acute, stinging.

That causes pain or smart; keen, pungent.

transferred. That produces a sharp pain or tingling smart, a burning sensation, or the like. Said also of the pain or sensation.

Biting, sharp, caustic.

That pricks or stings; sharp to the senses; figurative (chiefly Scottish) keen, biting.

Of flesh, a part of the body, etc.: exposed by having the skin removed; inflamed and painful, esp. as a result of skin abrasion; excoriated…

Of pain: as if caused by a sharp point; piercing, stabbing; pricking. Also: painful. In later use figurative (cf. sense A. 5). Now rare.

Having a sting; stinging, sharp, virulent. Chiefly figurative of controversy, or the like. Obsolete.

Stinging like a scorpion; in quot. 1670 figurative.

Of pain: sharp, stinging.

Sharp, piercing, keen. Of a weapon or the like; also of pain. archaic. (After Shakespeare: see quot. 1597 at sense 2.)

Violent, severe, extreme; usually as quasi-adv.

Smarting, acutely painful.

Sharp, keen; acutely present; that produces a smart or sting. Obsolete.

Painful, distressing; (in later use also) stinging, irritating.