smarting (noun)

1. After the battle, the smarting in their wounds served as a constant reminder of the danger they had faced.

2. The protagonist in the film winces in smarting pain as she walks on a broken glass.

3. In the futuristic sci-fi novel, the protagonist wears a suit that dulls the smarting sensation to endure in battle.

4. The poet beautifully describes the smarting sensation of lost love in his melancholic sonnet.