soreness
The property, state, or condition of being soreThe property, state, or condition of being sore; painfulness.
» The soreness in her throat made swallowing extremely painful.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable, usually)The property, state, or condition of being sore; painfulness.
The salve made the soreness go away, but with the aches gone I suddenly noticed my other pains.
Schmerz, Wundsein
(uncountable, usually)A lingering emotional pain resulting in bitterness or resentment.
- an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress
- a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
Examples
2 sentencesThe soreness in her throat made swallowing extremely painful.
It was difficult going down the stairs due to the soreness from working out too much.
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English sornes, sornesse, sarnesse, from Old English sārnes (“bodily pain; menFrom Middle English sornes, sornesse, sarnesse, from Old English sārnes (“bodily pain; mental pain, affliction, grief”), from Proto-West Germanic *sairanassī, equivalent to sore + -ness. Cognate with Scots sairness (“soreness”), Old Frisian sērnisse, sērnesse (“injury, lesion”), Middle Low German sêrnisse, sêrenisse (“wounding, injury, distress, need”).
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Forms
plural: sorenesses| Singular | soreness |
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uncountable
Synonyms
4 synonyms- an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress:discomfortirritation
- a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched):tendernessrawness
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable