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SORENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
Sense 2
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)
