sorenessn.
/ˈsɔːnɪs/ 1. The condition of being physically sore, in pain, or painful; pain, painfulness.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > [noun] > painfulness
sorenessc1000
painfulnessc1400
fellness1642
c1000 Ælfric Genesis iii. 16 On sarnysse þu acenst cild.
c1000 Ælfric Homilies I. 122 Ure sarnyssa he sylf abær.
13.. in Leg. Rood (1871) 85 All for noght þou feynes þe, All þi sarenes will we se.
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 4236 Þe sarnes sone it was astaynt.
1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) v. lviii. 175 The marowe heelyth..the sorenes of the throte and of the breestes.
a1505 R. Henryson Sum Pract. Med. 19 in Poems (1981) 180 Nowdir fevir,..Seiknes nor sairnes.
1562 W. Bullein (title) Bullein's bulwarke of defence againste all sicknes, sornes, and woundes.
1660 T. Blount Boscobel 42 Which..serv'd to encrease rather then asswage the soarness of his feet.
1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) Soreness of the Eyes, Mal des yeux.
1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 21 He complained of soreness in his mouth.
1876 J. S. Bristowe Treat. Theory & Pract. Med. ii. i. 157 The soreness and inflammation of the throat subside.
2. Mental pain, distress, or irritation; irritability, touchiness.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > [noun]
sorenessOE
courouxa1450
courouce1450
exasperationa1549
exacerbation1582
exulceration1593
vexednessa1670
sweat1715
OE Ælfric Old Eng. Hexateuch: Gen. (Claud.) vi. 6 He..wæs gehrepod mid heortan sarnysse [c1175 Cambr. Univ. Libr. heortsarnysse] wiðinnan.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 26377 Teres falland on þin ei Þe sarnes o þin hert to wrei.
1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety vii. 153 Whilest the soreness of his late pangs of conscience remains.
1721 A. Ramsay Keitha 8 His face speaks out the sairness of his heart.
1796 Ld. Nelson Let. 15 July in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) II. 211 I congratulate you on the soreness which the French feel for your strict blockade of the Port of Toulon.
1832 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eugene Aram I. i. x. 170 I leave you with more soreness at my late haste than I will acknowledge.
1889 Law Times 82 243/1 The soreness incident to separation has disappeared.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > tribulation, trouble, or affliction
teeneOE
harmOE
sourc1000
trayOE
angec1175
wosithc1200
ail?c1225
barrat?c1225
misease?c1225
passion?c1225
troublec1230
sorenessc1275
grievancea1300
cumbermentc1300
cumbering1303
thro1303
angera1325
strifea1325
sweama1325
encumbrancec1330
tribulationc1330
threst1340
mischiefa1375
pressc1375
unhend1377
miseasetya1382
angernessc1390
molestc1390
troublancec1400
notea1425
miseasenessc1450
cumber?a1513
tribule1513
unseasonableness?1523
troublesomeness1561
tribulance1575
tine1590
trials and tribulations1591
pressure1648
difficulty1667
hell to pay1758
dree1791
trial and tribulation1792
Queer Street1811
Sturm und Drang1857
a thin time1924
shit1929
crap1932
shtook1936
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 6807 Ich eow wulle telle..of muche særnesse [c1300 Otho sorinesse] þe isiȝen is to londe.
4. Severe or serious character.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > [noun]
tartnessc1000
asperity?c1225
hardship?c1225
smartness1340
duressc1400
straitnessc1460
hardlaikc1540
severeness1579
sorenessa1586
grievousness1611
severity1835
sting1860
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iv. sig. Ll4 For with the sorenesse of the fall, if she had not had breath giuen her, she had deliuered a foolish soule to Pluto.
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