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A person who has a tendency to be angry or to feel offended.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- 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."
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A politician who is dissatisfied through failure, lack of recognition, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, derogatory, uncountable
Qualifier: political slang
Examples
- 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.
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Infection in sheep by the nematode Elaeophora schneideri; elaeophorosis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- 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.
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Fowlpox.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- 1922, University of Hawaii (Honolulu), Agricultural Dept, Annual Report of the Agricultural Department, Volume 4, page 103, The two principal causes of death among chicks has been sorehead and coccidiosis.
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someone who is peevish or disgruntled
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: malcontent
From sore + head, perhaps specifically from the simile like (or mad as) a bear with a sore head.
Across languages
Translations
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German:
beleidigte Leberwurst
— offended person
