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soreness - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'soreness' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Soreness [ n.]
- The quality or state of being sore; tenderness; painfull; as, the soreness of a wound; the soreness of an affliction.

Meaning of 'soreness' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . soreness [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
Example in sentence:
  • after taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on;
  • the best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum tenderness