sore-headadj.n.

Forms: Also sorehead.

Etymology: See sore adj.¹ 9.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsore-head.

A. adj.

Irritable or out of temper ‘like a bear with a sore head’; discontented, dissatisfied.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > [adjective]

unsaught?a1300

unsetea1350

unrestfulc1384

unsatisfiedc1430

discontentc1475

ill content1477

miscontent?1499

uncontentc1503

orpita1525

discontented1531

miscontenteda1533

evil contented1548

repining1565

uncontented1568

unpacified1570

discontentive1578

malcontent1578

ill-contented1582

malcontented1582

unmollified1587

unappeased1594

discontentful1604

discontenting1605

contentlessa1616

ungratifieda1625

insatisfied1643

unsatisfieda1648

unsoothed1648

repineful1655

dissatisfied1675

satisfactionless1841

sore-headed1844

disgruntled1847

sore-head1862

choked1950

dischuffed1975

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [adjective] > in an ill humour

maltalenta1578

in a jeer1579

in suds1611

sullen-sick1614

in the pouts1615

out of sorts1621

cross1639

off the hooks1662

huff1714

sulkinga1777

as cross as a bear1838

sore-headed1844

sore-head1862

baity1921

1862 Major Jack Downing (1867) vii. 61 [He] sed it done very well for some sore-hed Dimmycrat.

1902 Academy 22 Mar. 291/1 This is sore-head philosophy.

B. n.

a. U.S. Political slang. A dissatisfied or disappointed politician.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > politician > [noun] > dissatisfied

sore-head1862

1862 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 16 Oct. What will the ‘sore-heads’ say now?

1878 N. Amer. Rev. 126 402 Each led by a little faction of sore-heads, desperate and reckless.

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lxiii. 458 Some discontented magnate objects and threatens to withdraw... If such a ‘sore-head’ persists, a schism may follow.

b. slang (chiefly North American). A discontented, dissatisfied person, a malcontent; a mean, niggardly person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > [noun] > discontented person

malcontent1575

discontent1598

discontenteea1734

non-con1790

non-content1830

Frondeur1847

sore-head1848

the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] > niggard or mean person > old or churlish

chuffc1440

huddle1578

nabal1586

curmudgeon1587

cormullion1596

hunks1602

nabalite1612

cuffc1616

chuff-cat1653

codger1778

hunkster1842

sore-head1848

1848 Weekly Argus (Albany, N.Y.) 12 Aug. 253/3 As no other selection could be supposed so well to represent such a conventicle of ‘sore heads’, it is perhaps quite as well it sho'd take that direction as any other.

1912 J. Sandilands Western Canad. Dict. & Phrase-bk. Sore-head, a person who sees trouble and wickedness in everything.

1916 C. J. Dennis Songs Sentimental Bloke (new ed.) 130 Sore-head, a curmudgeon.

1934 J. T. Farrell Young Manhood Studs Lonigan iv. 61 ‘You damn Kike, you got too many horseshoes,’ a sore-head said as Davey raked in the pot.

1939 T. Wolfe Web & Rock ii. 36 We thought he was a man, but he turns out to be just a little sore-head.

1964 L. Nkosi Rhythm of Violence ii. i. 23 Mary..You two are not to drink until the others arrive! Jimmy Rubbish! We have priority claims! Mary..Soreheads! What makes you think you have priorities over others!

1978 M. Puzo Fools Die xx. 226 I was holding court with a lot of my customers, who were all telling me what a bunch of shit the whole business was, caused by a few soreheads.

Derivatives

sore-headed adj. = A.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > [adjective]

unsaught?a1300

unsetea1350

unrestfulc1384

unsatisfiedc1430

discontentc1475

ill content1477

miscontent?1499

uncontentc1503

orpita1525

discontented1531

miscontenteda1533

evil contented1548

repining1565

uncontented1568

unpacified1570

discontentive1578

malcontent1578

ill-contented1582

malcontented1582

unmollified1587

unappeased1594

discontentful1604

discontenting1605

contentlessa1616

ungratifieda1625

insatisfied1643

unsatisfieda1648

unsoothed1648

repineful1655

dissatisfied1675

satisfactionless1841

sore-headed1844

disgruntled1847

sore-head1862

choked1950

dischuffed1975

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [adjective] > in an ill humour

maltalenta1578

in a jeer1579

in suds1611

sullen-sick1614

in the pouts1615

out of sorts1621

cross1639

off the hooks1662

huff1714

sulkinga1777

as cross as a bear1838

sore-headed1844

sore-head1862

baity1921

1844 T. Hood Tale of Temper in Hood's Mag. Jan. 22 No bear, sore-headed, could be more cantankerous.

1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Dec. 2/1 The men are dissatisfied and ‘sore-headed’.

soreˈheadedly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > [adverb]

impatiently1490

tetchily1647

touchily1658

testily1755

spleenishly1775

splenetically1779

edgily1837

irritably1855

shirtily1879

teethily1879

spleenfully1882

soreheadedly1883

teasily1928

rattily1938

snarkily1967

1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Jan. 3 Soreheadedly punctilious about the proper respect paid them.

soreˈheadedness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > [noun]

unlikinga1398

aggrudging1440

grudge1477

miscontenting1495

murmurheada1500

discontentation?1510

discontentinga1513

miscontentationa1530

miscontentment1535

insatisfaction1568

discontentment1572

discontent1581

malcontentment1587

miscontent1588

discontentedness1589

malcontent1591

malcontentedness1592

repine1593

bad satisfaction1607

dissatisfaction1640

unsatisfactoriness1643

unsatisfiedness1646

uncontentedness1654

disaffection1697

dissatisfiedness1710

chagrin1717

repinement1743

malcontentism1813

soreheadedness1860

uncontent1873

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > [noun]

impatiencec1230

eagernessa1400

unsufferancea1400

impatiency1526

testiness1526

impatientness1550

touchiness1603

tetchiness1623

irritability1791

twitchiness1834

rustiness1860

soreheadedness1860

shirtiness1868

chippiness1877

rattiness1898

cabin fever1918

snarkiness1960

edginess1963

1860 Marysville (Calif.) Appeal 31 Mar. 2/2 The patriots of the Customs House [are] suffering from the sore-headedness which so often follows an unsuccessful attempt at ascendency in the political scale.

1885 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 515 The gossip and the pecking and the sore-headedness of country towns.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	sore-head
释义	sore-headadj.n. Forms: Also sorehead. Etymology: See sore adj.¹ 9.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsore-head. A. adj. Irritable or out of temper ‘like a bear with a sore head’; discontented, dissatisfied. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > [adjective] unsaught?a1300 unsetea1350 unrestfulc1384 unsatisfiedc1430 discontentc1475 ill content1477 miscontent?1499 uncontentc1503 orpita1525 discontented1531 miscontenteda1533 evil contented1548 repining1565 uncontented1568 unpacified1570 discontentive1578 malcontent1578 ill-contented1582 malcontented1582 unmollified1587 unappeased1594 discontentful1604 discontenting1605 contentlessa1616 ungratifieda1625 insatisfied1643 unsatisfieda1648 unsoothed1648 repineful1655 dissatisfied1675 satisfactionless1841 sore-headed1844 disgruntled1847 sore-head1862 choked1950 dischuffed1975 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [adjective] > in an ill humour maltalenta1578 in a jeer1579 in suds1611 sullen-sick1614 in the pouts1615 out of sorts1621 cross1639 off the hooks1662 huff1714 sulkinga1777 as cross as a bear1838 sore-headed1844 sore-head1862 baity1921 1862 Major Jack Downing (1867) vii. 61 [He] sed it done very well for some sore-hed Dimmycrat. 1902 Academy 22 Mar. 291/1 This is sore-head philosophy. B. n. a. U.S. Political slang. A dissatisfied or disappointed politician. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > politician > [noun] > dissatisfied sore-head1862 1862 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 16 Oct. What will the ‘sore-heads’ say now? 1878 N. Amer. Rev. 126 402 Each led by a little faction of sore-heads, desperate and reckless. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lxiii. 458 Some discontented magnate objects and threatens to withdraw... If such a ‘sore-head’ persists, a schism may follow. b. slang (chiefly North American). A discontented, dissatisfied person, a malcontent; a mean, niggardly person. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > [noun] > discontented person malcontent1575 discontent1598 discontenteea1734 non-con1790 non-content1830 Frondeur1847 sore-head1848 the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] > niggard or mean person > old or churlish chuffc1440 huddle1578 nabal1586 curmudgeon1587 cormullion1596 hunks1602 nabalite1612 cuffc1616 chuff-cat1653 codger1778 hunkster1842 sore-head1848 1848 Weekly Argus (Albany, N.Y.) 12 Aug. 253/3 As no other selection could be supposed so well to represent such a conventicle of ‘sore heads’, it is perhaps quite as well it sho'd take that direction as any other. 1912 J. Sandilands Western Canad. Dict. & Phrase-bk. Sore-head, a person who sees trouble and wickedness in everything. 1916 C. J. Dennis Songs Sentimental Bloke (new ed.) 130 Sore-head, a curmudgeon. 1934 J. T. Farrell Young Manhood Studs Lonigan iv. 61 ‘You damn Kike, you got too many horseshoes,’ a sore-head said as Davey raked in the pot. 1939 T. Wolfe Web & Rock ii. 36 We thought he was a man, but he turns out to be just a little sore-head. 1964 L. Nkosi Rhythm of Violence ii. i. 23 Mary..You two are not to drink until the others arrive! Jimmy Rubbish! We have priority claims! Mary..Soreheads! What makes you think you have priorities over others! 1978 M. Puzo Fools Die xx. 226 I was holding court with a lot of my customers, who were all telling me what a bunch of shit the whole business was, caused by a few soreheads. Derivatives sore-headed adj. = A. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > [adjective] unsaught?a1300 unsetea1350 unrestfulc1384 unsatisfiedc1430 discontentc1475 ill content1477 miscontent?1499 uncontentc1503 orpita1525 discontented1531 miscontenteda1533 evil contented1548 repining1565 uncontented1568 unpacified1570 discontentive1578 malcontent1578 ill-contented1582 malcontented1582 unmollified1587 unappeased1594 discontentful1604 discontenting1605 contentlessa1616 ungratifieda1625 insatisfied1643 unsatisfieda1648 unsoothed1648 repineful1655 dissatisfied1675 satisfactionless1841 sore-headed1844 disgruntled1847 sore-head1862 choked1950 dischuffed1975 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [adjective] > in an ill humour maltalenta1578 in a jeer1579 in suds1611 sullen-sick1614 in the pouts1615 out of sorts1621 cross1639 off the hooks1662 huff1714 sulkinga1777 as cross as a bear1838 sore-headed1844 sore-head1862 baity1921 1844 T. Hood Tale of Temper in Hood's Mag. Jan. 22 No bear, sore-headed, could be more cantankerous. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Dec. 2/1 The men are dissatisfied and ‘sore-headed’. soreˈheadedly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > [adverb] impatiently1490 tetchily1647 touchily1658 testily1755 spleenishly1775 splenetically1779 edgily1837 irritably1855 shirtily1879 teethily1879 spleenfully1882 soreheadedly1883 teasily1928 rattily1938 snarkily1967 1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Jan. 3 Soreheadedly punctilious about the proper respect paid them. soreˈheadedness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > [noun] unlikinga1398 aggrudging1440 grudge1477 miscontenting1495 murmurheada1500 discontentation?1510 discontentinga1513 miscontentationa1530 miscontentment1535 insatisfaction1568 discontentment1572 discontent1581 malcontentment1587 miscontent1588 discontentedness1589 malcontent1591 malcontentedness1592 repine1593 bad satisfaction1607 dissatisfaction1640 unsatisfactoriness1643 unsatisfiedness1646 uncontentedness1654 disaffection1697 dissatisfiedness1710 chagrin1717 repinement1743 malcontentism1813 soreheadedness1860 uncontent1873 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > [noun] impatiencec1230 eagernessa1400 unsufferancea1400 impatiency1526 testiness1526 impatientness1550 touchiness1603 tetchiness1623 irritability1791 twitchiness1834 rustiness1860 soreheadedness1860 shirtiness1868 chippiness1877 rattiness1898 cabin fever1918 snarkiness1960 edginess1963 1860 Marysville (Calif.) Appeal 31 Mar. 2/2 The patriots of the Customs House [are] suffering from the sore-headedness which so often follows an unsuccessful attempt at ascendency in the political scale. 1885 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 515 The gossip and the pecking and the sore-headedness of country towns. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.n.1844
随便看	counterbalanced counterbalancer counterbalances counterbalancing counterband counterbanding counterbane counterbar counterbarred counterbarry counterbase counterbases counterbatter counterbattery counterbattled counterbeam counterbear counterbeat counterbended counterbendy counterbias counterbid counterbidden counterbidding counterbids