Sorehead
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sorehead is a noun meaning A person who has a tendency to be angry or to feel offended.
Meaning
A person who has a tendency to be angry or to feel offended.
More Meanings
- (derogatory, US, political slang) A politician who is dissatisfied through failure, lack of recognition, etc.
- (uncountable) Infection in sheep by the nematode Elaeophora schneideri; elaeophorosis.
- (uncountable) Fowlpox.
Example Sentences
Don't be a sorehead! Forgive, forget and get on with your life.
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.
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.
Word Forms
- soreheads
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include offendee, bleeding-heart, grudgeholder, faithhead, anger, imploder.
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