Antonyms for soreness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sawr, sohr |
| Phonetic Transcription : sɔr, soʊr |
Definition of soreness
Origin :- Old English sar "painful, grievous, aching, sad, wounding," influenced in meaning by Old Norse sarr "sore, wounded," from Proto-Germanic *saira- "suffering, sick, ill" (cf. Old Frisian sar "painful," Middle Dutch seer, Dutch zeer "sore, ache," Old High German ser "painful," Gothic sair "pain, sorrow, travail"), from PIE root *sai- (1) "suffering" (cf. Old Irish saeth "pain, sickness").
- Adverbial use (e.g. sore afraid) is from Old English sare but has mostly died out (replaced by sorely), but remains the main meaning of German cognate sehr "very." Slang meaning "angry, irritated" is first recorded 1738.
- noun pain
- noun irritation
- My heart is sore as I write, with the soreness that filled it that day.
- Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
- There was the bandage on his arm, the soreness under that bandage.
- Extract from : « Storm Over Warlock » by Andre Norton
- No, sir; Jack Beckley rubbed all the soreness out of me last night.
- Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
- I had a soreness at my heart, an oppression on my spirits, which weighed me down.
- Extract from : « Japhet in Search of a Father » by Frederick Marryat
- She admits with soreness and humiliation unspeakable that she has done him wrong.
- Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- He was cured of his fancy, although no effort of will could protect the soreness of the bruise.
- Extract from : « Robert Orange » by John Oliver Hobbes
- Hunger, soreness of body, drowsiness, attacked him together.
- Extract from : « The Art of Disappearing » by John Talbot Smith
- The soreness will work out and be gone for good after a few lessons.
- Extract from : « The Art of Stage Dancing » by Ned Wayburn
- He was tired and stiff and his back showed signs of soreness.
- Extract from : « Across the Mesa » by Jarvis Hall
- This dissolves the knot, and reduce the swelling and soreness.
- Extract from : « Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners » by B.G. Jefferis
Synonyms for soreness
- ache
- affliction
- agony
- burn
- catch
- convulsion
- cramp
- crick
- discomfort
- distress
- excitability
- fever
- gripe
- hurt
- hypersensitivity
- illness
- inflammation
- injury
- irritability
- irritation
- laceration
- malady
- misery
- oversensitiveness
- oversensitivity
- pang
- paroxysm
- prick
- prickle
- rawness
- sickness
- smart
- smarting
- spasm
- stab
- sting
- stitch
- strain
- susceptibility
- susceptibleness
- tenderness
- tenseness
- throb
- throe
- tingle
- torment
- torture
- trouble
- twinge
- wound
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