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单词 sorehead
释义

sorehead

noun

sore·​head ˈsȯr-ˌhed How to pronounce sorehead (audio)
: a person easily angered or disgruntled
sorehead adjective
or soreheaded
ˈsȯr-ˈhe-dəd How to pronounce sorehead (audio)

Example Sentences

Just because you lost, don't be a sorehead!
Recent Examples on the Web In more modern times, before Trump, the most inflamed political sorehead also pulled off the most impressive political comeback. Star Tribune, 16 Jan. 2021 The late 19th and early 20th centuries brought perhaps the golden age of the sorehead. Star Tribune, 16 Jan. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

sorehead

noun

sore·​head -ˌhed How to pronounce sorehead (audio)
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sorehead 1 of 2

adjective

variants or soreheaded
as in sulky

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • sulky
  • disagreeable
  • unpleasant
  • embittered
  • spiteful
  • unfriendly
  • vindictive
  • antisocial
  • irritable
  • dyspeptic
  • disapproving
  • virulent
  • bilious
  • exasperated
  • petulant
  • resentful
  • grumpy
  • peevish
  • snappish
  • churlish
  • irascible
  • ill-tempered
  • antagonistic
  • annoyed
  • vengeful
  • icy
  • antipathetic
  • grouchy
  • cold
  • fretful
  • distant
  • frigid
  • acrimonious
  • aggravated
  • cantankerous
  • acrid
  • malevolent
  • vitriolic
  • cranky
  • ill-humored
  • rancorous
  • bitter
  • inimical
  • huffy
  • perturbed
  • piqued
  • querulous
  • crabby
  • inflammable
  • touchy
  • ornery
  • pugnacious
  • testy
  • belligerent
  • cool
  • boiling
  • bristly
  • seething
  • fussy
  • angry
  • put out
  • bristling
  • cross
  • indignant
  • quarrelsome
  • passionate
  • quick-tempered
  • irate
  • smoldering
  • disputatious
  • worked up
  • raving
  • burning
  • ranting
  • contrary
  • sizzling
  • incensed
  • bearish
  • apoplectic
  • enraged
  • outraged
  • infuriated
  • riled
  • sore
  • mad
  • argumentative
  • contentious
  • inflamed
  • fuming
  • wrathful
  • riley
  • choleric
  • infuriate
  • angered
  • smouldering
  • foaming
  • rankled
  • rabid
  • ireful
  • furious
  • livid
  • ballistic
  • stormy
  • steaming
  • shirty
  • ticked
  • steamed up
  • wroth
  • wrought (up)
  • roiled
  • cheesed off
  • horn-mad
  • enflamed
  • hot
  • hopping
  • teed off

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • delighted
  • accepting
  • agreeable
  • pleased
  • complaisant
  • amenable
  • friendly
  • cordial
  • sympathetic
  • happy
  • angerless
  • amicable
  • satisfied
  • accommodating
  • obliging
  • tolerant
  • content
  • amiable
  • pleasant
  • placid
  • empathetic
  • kind
  • peaceable
  • calm
  • genial
  • sweet
  • affable
  • pacific
  • easygoing
  • understanding
  • serene
  • tranquil
  • unembittered
  • good-natured
  • good-tempered
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sorehead

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noun

as in killjoy

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • killjoy
  • curmudgeon
  • sourpuss
  • spoilsport
  • grump
  • grumbler
  • malcontent
  • griper
  • whiner
  • grinch
  • grouser
  • hunks
  • crosspatch
  • complainer
  • quibbler
  • party pooper
  • defeatist
  • crab
  • croaker
  • faultfinder
  • nitpicker
  • nagger
  • fusser
  • bear
  • grouch
  • growler
  • mutterer
  • pessimist
  • hypochondriac
  • murmurer
  • crank
  • objector
  • crock
  • bellyacher
  • kicker
  • repiner

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • optimist
  • happy camper
  • Pollyanna
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