Associations to the word «Soreness»

Wiktionary

SORENESS, noun. The property, state, or condition of being sore; painfulness.

Dictionary definition

SORENESS, noun. A pain that is felt (as when the area is touched); "the best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum tenderness"; "after taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on".
SORENESS, noun. An uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats