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soreness

noun

Definition of sorenessnext
as in discomfort

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Recent Examples of soreness First baseman Freddie Freeman was out of the lineup Monday managing right knee soreness, and second baseman Miguel Rojas was playing through shoulder soreness after aggravating a longstanding partial tear in a labrum. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Freddie Freeman returned to the Dodgers lineup after missing three of the past five games with right knee soreness and had three singles in five at-bats. — ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026 Compression boots use rhythmic air pressure on the legs to boost circulation and move excess fluid out of muscles, which may ease swelling, soreness and heavy legs after training. — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 14 Sep. 2026 The study measured only short-term physiological changes, though, and did not prove that compression improves athletic performance, reduces soreness or speeds overall recovery. — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Sep. 2026 Track your soreness and sleep quality for two to three weeks after starting a new recovery tool. — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026 In other Vikings news, running back Jordan Mason is dealing with thumb soreness of unknown severity. — Andy Behrens, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 The vaccine, Moderna’s mFlusiva, was found to be 27 percent more effective than a standard shot in trials but may have more mild side effects, like fatigue and injection-site soreness. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026 Shohei Ohtani went 0 for 3 with two strikeouts and a walk in his return to the Los Angeles Dodgers' lineup Monday night after a four-day break to deal with lingering left knee and right biceps soreness. — CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soreness
  1. discomfort
  2. tenderness
  3. ache
  4. distress
  5. twinge
Noun
  • That discomfort doesn’t automatically mean the decision is wrong.
    — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
  • In the case of immigration, Salazar is an outlier in her outspokenness but hardly alone in suggesting discomfort with the aggressive tactics of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
    — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of discomfort
Noun
  • Its moribund eccentricities cannot be separated from the tenderness of its story because Rhys and co-writer and composer, Joss Holden-Rea, have taken the time to sculpt characters with interiority that feels invitational.
    — Zachary Lee, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Instead, the music can provide somewhere to put those feelings, a place where sadness, anger, desire, tenderness and joy can coexist without needing to be immediately resolved.
    — Jason Phillips, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of tenderness
Noun
  • Beyond common cold symptoms like a cough, sore throat and runny nose, people sick with COVID-19 often have body aches, shortness of breath and difficulty breathing, headache, fatigue, fever and loss of taste and/or smell.
    — Ann Sheehan, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, Andy Pages, Rojas and others will still be playing through aches and pains by the time October rolls around.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of ache
Noun
  • In February 2025, a group of Yosemite employees hung an American flag upside down – a symbolic distress call – in response to the staffing cuts.
    — Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
  • However, a Los Angeles judge ruled in April that one intentional infliction of emotional distress claim could proceed, according to court documents previously obtained by PEOPLE.
    — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of distress
Noun
  • Just take his February fall collection, which mashed up decades of American glamour with a sneaky British twinge.
    — Alexandra Hildreth, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Then came the third inning, a sudden twinge of pain in Carson Whisenhunt’s left elbow and an escort to the trainer’s room.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of twinge

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“Soreness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soreness. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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