Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having the character of a sorehead; discontented; having a grievance.

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  • adjective Having a tendency to be angry or irritable, easily offended; like a sorehead.

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Examples

  • 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

  • "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

  • As they passed down the hall Gunch demanded amiably, ` ` George, old scout, you were soreheaded about something, here a while back.

    Babbitt 1922

  • ” As they passed down the hall Gunch demanded amiably, “George, old scout, you were soreheaded about something, here a while back.

    Chapter 33 1922

  • 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.

    IndyStar.com Top Stories 2010

  • 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

  • Gunch demanded amiably, “George, old scout, you were soreheaded about something, here a while back.

    Babbit 2004

  • 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

  • I have been a soreheaded occupant of a file drawer labeled 'science fiction' ever since [publishing

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

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