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or soreheaded
as in unpleasant
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Recent Examples of sorehead
Star Tribune, 16 Jan. 2021
The late 19th and early 20th centuries brought perhaps the golden age of the sorehead.
—Star Tribune, 16 Jan. 2021
Noun
In more modern times, before Trump, the most inflamed political sorehead also pulled off the most impressive political comeback.
—Star Tribune, 16 Jan. 2021
The late 19th and early 20th centuries brought perhaps the golden age of the sorehead.
—Star Tribune, 16 Jan. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sorehead
Adjective
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The news, predictably, was unpleasant: the Olympic roster was about to leak, and Clark wasn’t on it.Sean Gregory, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
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Almost everyone is bitter, unpleasant, scheming, self-centered, manipulative or awful (or just plain crazy).Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Likewise, today’s AI killjoys are clinging desperately to the bygone past, to the days when telephones had round dials and thick curly cords and were just for talking (gag!), and when students wrote essays in longhand, in ink, on sheets of paper.Douglas Hofstadter, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2024
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While the lawyers play killjoys, work is continuing on the project for now, including on the party car.Chris Morris, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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Still, certain sensitivities might need to be respected as the excitable Gemini Moon shoves sulky Saturn.Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2024
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That’s no small feat, considering how sulky and borderline-bratty Donn comes across in early scenes.Joe Leydon, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Notorious curmudgeon and Steely Dan co-founder Fagen, who at first didn’t respond to his overtures.Pat Saperstein, Variety, 29 Nov. 2024
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Mark, now long since passed, was a glorious curmudgeon.Jim Cramer, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Sometimes that means confronting disagreeable people.David Plazas, The Tennessean, 24 Apr. 2024
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The most important reason to avoid obsessing over China’s disagreeable regime, however, is that this fixation threatens a core U.S. advantage: Washington’s wide network of partners and allies.Evan S. Medeiros, Foreign Affairs, 8 July 2021
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But what sets Bader apart from his fellow contextual malcontents, and perhaps what makes his art so likeable and thereby effective, is a consistent throughline of bizarro humor.Jeff Gibson, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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Vegas sent the malcontent to the New York Jets on Tuesday for a mere conditional third-round pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.Vincent Frank, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Noun
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Suddenly, the Republicans were the spoilsports who couldn’t take the joke, a position stereotypically held by politically correct liberals.Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
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Millennial workers are increasingly becoming the office spoilsports, with young people increasingly likely to be in it for the money rather than for fun, as years of economic turmoil force them to keep their heads down, collect their monthly paychecks, and fight for a promotion.BYRyan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 26 June 2024
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To be sure, there’s no need to cross the line and be complicit in any antisocial, unethical, or destructive behaviors.Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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But even some Democrats acknowledged that rising public concerns about crime and antisocial behavior provide a backdrop to the case that may contribute to more lenient views of Penny’s actions.Niall Stanage, The Hill, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Sorehead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorehead. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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