SORENESS Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

soreness

noun

Definition of soreness

as in discomfort

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Recent Examples of soreness Just got to work through the muscle soreness and should be all right. — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026 Nacua did not practice before or play in Monday’s victory because of a hip injury that has caused groin soreness. — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 Duru first started noticing hair loss and soreness in her scalp around 2016. — Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 23 Sep. 2026 Rave’s clutch plays came in place of a red-hot Jac Caglianone, who was a late scratch due to ankle soreness. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 22 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 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

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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

That these sort of games, with their duplicity, hypocrisies and teary moments of tenderness, are popular is beyond question, and that is certainly how viewers are invited to watch.

— Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
People can experience love and tenderness for younger generations without biological parenthood, as any devoted aunt or teacher can attest.

— Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 21 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

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