soreness

Meaning

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

Synonyms

pain

ache

distress

sickness

illness

rawness

discomfort

irritation

vexation

tenderness

shortness of temper

irritability

painfulness

pang

penalty

punishment

rash

retribution

smart

smarting

sorrow

sting

touchiness

trouble

uncomfortableness

unpleasantness

working

pain sensation

grief

wounded state

painful sensation

anxiousness

attempt

bitterness

delicacy

effort

endeavour

exertion

hurt

hurting

inflammation

Translations

douleur

pijn

acı

ağrı

azap

dolor

derd

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sornes

Inherited from Old English: sārnes

Cognate with Scots: sairness

Cognate with Old Frisian: sērnisse

Cognate with Middle Low German: sêrnisse

In summary

From Middle English sornes, sornesse, sarnesse, from Old English sārnes (“bodily pain; mental pain, affliction, grief”), from Proto-West Germanic *sairanassī, equivalent to sore + -ness. Cognate with Scots sairness (“soreness”), Old Frisian sērnisse, sērnesse (“injury, lesion”), Middle Low German sêrnisse, sêrenisse (“wounding, injury, distress, need”).