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or soreheaded
Synonyms & Antonyms of sorehead
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as in ill-tempered, disagreeable
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for sorehead
- antisocial,
- cold,
- cool,
- disagreeable,
- disapproving,
- distant,
- frigid,
- icy,
- ill-tempered,
- sulky,
- unfriendly,
- unpleasant
- acrid,
- acrimonious,
- antagonistic,
- antipathetic,
- bitter,
- embittered,
- inimical,
- malevolent,
- piqued,
- rancorous,
- resentful,
- spiteful,
- vengeful,
- vindictive,
- virulent,
- vitriolic
- aggravated,
- annoyed,
- bearish,
- bilious,
- cantankerous,
- churlish,
- crabby,
- cranky,
- dyspeptic,
- exasperated,
- fretful,
- fussy,
- grouchy,
- grumpy,
- ill-humored,
- inflammable,
- irascible,
- irritable,
- peevish,
- perturbed,
- petulant,
- put out,
- quick-tempered,
- snappish,
- testy,
- touchy
- boiling,
- bristling,
- bristly,
- burning,
- cross,
- huffy,
- passionate,
- seething,
- sizzling,
- smoldering
- (or smouldering),
- worked up,
- wrought (up)
- argumentative,
- belligerent,
- contentious,
- contrary,
- disputatious,
- ornery,
- pugnacious,
- quarrelsome,
- querulous
- angered,
- angry,
- apoplectic,
- ballistic,
- cheesed off
- [chiefly British],
- choleric,
- enraged,
- foaming,
- fuming,
- furious,
- hopping,
- horn-mad,
- hot,
- incensed,
- indignant,
- inflamed
- (also enflamed),
- infuriate,
- infuriated,
- irate,
- ireful,
- livid,
- mad,
- outraged,
- rabid,
- rankled,
- riled,
- riley,
- roiled,
- shirty
- [chiefly British],
- sore,
- steamed up,
- steaming,
- teed off,
- ticked,
- wrathful,
- wroth
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for sorehead
sorehead
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of sorehead (Entry 2 of 2)
as in malcontent
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for sorehead
- bear,
- bellyacher,
- complainer,
- crab,
- crank,
- croaker,
- crosspatch,
- curmudgeon,
- fusser,
- griper,
- grouch,
- grouser,
- growler,
- grumbler,
- grump,
- murmurer,
- mutterer,
- sourpuss,
- whiner
- crock
- [slang],
- hypochondriac
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for sorehead
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“Sorehead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorehead. Accessed 8 Aug. 2022.
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