sorehead
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of sorehead
1840–50; compare Scots sorehead a headache
Example Sentences
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Other writers and players called him a "loudmouth," a "sorehead" and worse.
From Salon ● May 14, 2022
If you are a sorehead because you lost, you shouldn't play.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2016
"You would look likea sorehead if you didn't," he said.
From Time ● Apr. 12, 2012
The rabid sorehead will be a professional martyr.
From Time Magazine Archive
Readers of the High School Boys Series will recall how Bert had been one of the leaders in the "sorehead" secession from the football ranks at Gridley High School.
From Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
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