SORENESS

discomfort, soreness, irritation

(noun) an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress

tenderness, soreness, rawness

(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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

soreness (usually uncountable, plural sorenesses)

The property, state, or condition of being sore; painfulness.

Anagrams

• roseness

Source: Wiktionary


Sore"ness, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being sore; tenderness; painfull; as, the soreness of a wound; the soreness of an affliction.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

10 June 2025

COMMUNICATIONS

(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”


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