soreness

English

Etymology

From Middle English sornes, sornesse, sarnesse, from Old English sārnes (“bodily pain; mental pain, affliction, grief”), equivalent to sore +‎ -ness. Cognate with Scots sairness (“soreness”).

Noun

soreness (usually uncountable, plural sorenesses)

The property, state, or condition of being sore; painfulness.
The salve made the soreness go away, but with the aches gone I suddenly noticed my other pains.

Translations

being sore

Chinese:
Mandarin: 疼痛 (zh) (téngtòng), 酸痛 (zh) (suāntòng)
Finnish: arkuus (fi)
German: Schmerz (de) m, Wundsein n

Irish: tinneas (ga) m, nimhneachas
Middle English: sorenes
Scots: sairness
Swedish: ömhet (sv) c

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