'Soreness' definitions:
Definition of 'soreness'
(from WordNet)
noun
A pain that is felt (as when the area is touched); "the best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum tenderness"; "after taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on" [syn: tenderness, soreness, rawness]
noun
An uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress [syn: discomfort, soreness, irritation]
Definition of 'Soreness'
From: GCIDE
- Soreness \Sore"ness\, n. The quality or state of being sore; tenderness; painfull; as, the soreness of a wound; the soreness of an affliction. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'soreness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a transient madness,
- acerbity,
- acid,
- acidity,
- acidulousness,
- acrimony,
- algesia,
- allergy,
- anaphylaxis,
- anger,
- angriness,
- animosity,
- animus,
- asperity,
- bad blood,
- bile,
- bitter feeling,
- bitter resentment,
- bitterness,
- bitterness of spirit,
- causticity,
- choler,
- considerateness,
- delicacy,
- empathy,
- enragement,
- exquisiteness,
- festering,
- feud,
- fineness,
- gall,
- gnashing of teeth,
- grapes of wrath,
- hard feelings,
- heartburning,
- heat,
- hyperesthesia,
- hyperpathia,
- hypersensitivity,
- identification,
- ill blood,
- ill feeling,
- ill will,
- inflammation,
- infuriation,
- irateness,
- ire,
- irritability,
- irritation,
- mad,
- nervousness,
- oversensibility,
- oversensitiveness,
- overtenderness,
- passibility,
- perceptiveness,
- perceptivity,
- photophobia,
- prickliness,
- rancor,
- rankling,
- responsiveness,
- saeva indignatio,
- sensitiveness,
- sensitivity,
- sensitization,
- slow burn,
- sore,
- sore spot,
- sourness,
- spleen,
- supersensitivity,
- sympathy,
- tact,
- tactfulness,
- tenderness,
- tetchiness,
- thin skin,
- ticklishness,
- touchiness,
- vendetta,
- venom,
- vials of wrath,
- virulence,
- vitriol,
- wrath,
- wrathfulness
Words containing 'Soreness'
- Sore,
- Soree,
- Sorely,
- Cold sore,
- Fever sore,
- Gold sore,
- Sore falcon,
- Sore throat,
- Veldt sore,
- Wood sore,
- canker sore,
- oriental sore,
- pressure sore,
- saddle sore,
- sore spot,
- suppurating sore,
- tropical sore,
- weak sore,
- Malignant sore throat,
- Putrid sore throat,
- Ulcerated sore throat,
- foot-sore,
- saddle-sore,
- septic sore throat,
- sore-eyed,
- streptococcal sore throat