SORENESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress

Synonyms:

discomfort; irritation; soreness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("soreness" is a kind of...):

hurt; suffering (feelings of mental or physical pain)

Derivation:

sore (roused to anger)

sore (causing misery or pain or distress)

Meaning:

A pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)

Example:

after taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on

Synonyms:

rawness; soreness; tenderness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("soreness" is a kind of...):

hurting; pain (a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "soreness"):

chafing (soreness or irritation of the skin caused by friction)

rebound tenderness (pain felt when a hand pressing on the abdomen is suddenly released; a symptom of peritoneal inflammation)

chafe (soreness and warmth caused by friction)

Derivation:

sore (hurting)