Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the character of a sorehead; discontented; having a grievance.
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- adjective Having a
tendency to beangry orirritable , easilyoffended ; like asorehead .
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Examples
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He probably erred on the sober side; for every soreheaded supporter of the Labour Party, which swept to a stunning victory at the polling booths, there was a Conservative who had spent Thursday night drowning his sorrows.
Blair's Britain 2008
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"I have been a soreheaded occupant of a file drawer labeled 'science fiction' ever since, and I would like out, particularly since so many serious critics regularly mistake the drawer for a urinal."
kemo666 Diary Entry kemo666 2007
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As they passed down the hall Gunch demanded amiably, ` ` George, old scout, you were soreheaded about something, here a while back.
Babbitt 1922
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As they passed down the hall Gunch demanded amiably, George, old scout, you were soreheaded about something, here a while back.
Chapter 33 1922
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Long the target of soreheaded sniping, this interactive monument to erudition has been made a scapegoat for the funding crisis even though it was planned long before the property tax rebellion, boasts $50 million in private funding and serves multitudes.
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I’m guessing soreheaded creationist style sour grapes, but I could be wrong.
Chance and regularity in the development of the fly eye - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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Gunch demanded amiably, “George, old scout, you were soreheaded about something, here a while back.
Babbit 2004
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As they passed down the hall Gunch demanded amiably, "George, old scout, you were soreheaded about something, here a while back.
Babbitt Sinclair Lewis 1918
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I have been a soreheaded occupant of a file drawer labeled 'science fiction' ever since [publishing
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