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, soignd, 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.
smarten, v. Usu.
smarten up 1. spruce up, make trim, groom; shine, polish, Sl. spiff up; order, arrange, organize, tidy; beautify, embellish, embroider, ornament, set off, deck out.
2. enlighten, inform, educate, school, instruct, sophisticate, Sl. wise [s.o.] up, clue [s.o.] in; disabuse, disillusion, open [s.o.'s] eyes, put [s.o.] wise, burst [s.o.'s] bubble.
3. All Sl. get wise, get with it, shape up, whip oneself into shape, get on the stick.
smash, v. 1. break, shatter, shiver, splinter; pulverize, comminute, triturate, crumble, disintegrate, crunch; dash, crash, batter, strike, beat, hit, crack; plunge, hurtle, fling, hurl; jar, jolt.
2. defeat, disappoint, disillusion, disenchant; frustrate, thwart, foil, balk; hinder, hamper, impede, interfere, interrupt.
3. overthrow, destroy, ruin, devastate, ravage; vanquish, master, overmaster, overcome, overpower, subdue, subjugate, overwhelm, rout, discomfit, confound; quash, suppress, put down.
-n. 4. smashing, shattering, shivering, splintering, breaking; dashing, crashing, crushing, mashing, crumbling; beating, drubbing.
5. blow, hit, slap, smack, thwack; collision, crack-up, wreck, crash; impact, jolt, shake, Dial. shog.
6. collapse, destruction, demolition; ruin, ravage, waste, havoc, desolation; catastrophe, debacle, disaster; overthrow, defeat, rout, undoing, vanquishment.
7. bankruptcy, failure, going under, financial ruin or disaster.
smear, v. 1. spread, daub, bedaub, besmear, Inf. slap on; cover, coat.
2. stain, spot, dirty, soil, smudge, begrime; spatter, splatter, splash.
3. sully, villify, tarnish, blacken, taint; defame, scandalize, denigrate, vituperate, vilipend; slander, libel, calumniate, slur, defile; brand, stigmatize, drag through the mud or mire.
4. Slang, defeat, overwhelm, drub, shellac, Sl. cream, Sl. wipe the floor with.
-n. 5. stain, spot, smudge, smirch, patch, daub, splotch, Sl. splot; blot, taint, attaint.
6. slur, slander, libel, false accusation; aspersion, reflection, imputation, insinuation, innuendo; vilification, defamation, calumny.
smell, v. 1. scent, nose, get a whiff of, sniff, snuff; inhale, breathe in.
2. perceive, detect, discern; intuit, sense, feel, suspect.
3. reek, stink, smell to high heaven, smell like a goat, assault the nostrils, Inf. knock out.
-n. 4. olfaction, smelling.
5. odor, smell, scent; aroma, fragrance, perfume, redolence, odoriferousness; bouquet, savor, trace, breath, whiff; stink, stench, fetor, fetidness, malodor, mephitis.