What does sore head mean?
Sore head means A person who has a tendency to be angry or to feel offended..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A person who has a tendency to be angry or to feel offended..
Don't be a sorehead! Forgive, forget and get on with your life.
2000, Nancy Capace, McGill, Ralph Emerson, entry in Encyclopedia of Tennessee, page 63, He antagonized them by printing that they were a bunch of "failures . . . chronic soreheads . . . hoodlums, and toughs who have no faith in themselves."
Of course, my competitive nature occasionally crossed the line into being a sorehead and poor loser.
No matter what the size or type of community, you'll have critics, and they are not always just soreheads who are unhappy when a team loses.
2007, Bessie Louise Pierce, A History of Chicago, Volume III: The Rise of a Modern City, 1871-1893, page 341, Despite the opposition of professional politicians of unsavory reputation and men the Tribune described as “irresponsible soreheads,” the Medill ticket swept into office with a flatteringly large vote.
In most of these areas there was improvement between 1920, the year of the second Farmer-Labor ballot and the last election in which the coalition was able to use sorehead tactics, and the special senatorial election of 1923.
Officials walked a tightrope because disappointed voters could join or, if need he, form an opposing coalition, and they could cozy up to "soreheads" who were encouraging merger with Chicago.
2012, D. G. Pugh, N. (Nickie) Baird, Sheep and Goat Medicine, unnumbered page, Elaeophora schneideri is a filarial nematode that has been reported primarily in wildlife species in the western United States, including mule deer and bighorn sheep. Elaeophorosis (sorehead) is uncommon in sheep and goats.
Use sore head when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sore head means A person who has a tendency to be angry or to feel offended..
Common synonyms include elaeophorosis, filarial dermatitis.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Don't be a sorehead! Forgive, forget and get on with your life.
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