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Definition of Soreheaded
1. Adjective. Having a tendency to be angry or irritable, easily offended; like a sorehead. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Soreheaded
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Soreheaded
Literary usage of Soreheaded
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Secret Service, the Field, the Dungeon, and the Escape by Albert Deane Richardson (1865)
"The masses have been stirred into a vague, bitter, ' soreheaded' feeling that
the South is wronged ; but the leaders seldom descend to particulars. ..."
2. The Life of Augustin Daly by Joseph Francis Daly (1917)
"The play was very trashy and he was very soreheaded & so he was not cordial.
I think too he must have been chafing just then under the lash of that letter ..."
3. America Revisited: From the Bay of New York to the Gulf of Mexico, and from by George Augustus Sala (1883)
"... but during the ten weeks and odd which I have passed on this continent I have
systematically endeavoured to conceal my natural soreheaded- ness, ..."
4. America Revisited: From the Bay of New York to the Gulf of Mexico, and from by George Augustus Sala (1883)
"... but during the ten weeks and odd which I have passed on this continent I have
systematically endeavoured to conceal my natural soreheaded- ness, ..."
5. H.P. Hall's Observations: Being More Or Less a History of Political Contests by Harlan Page Hall (1904)
"In an authorized interview after the election was completed, Mr. Sabin said this:
I am entirely serene and not in the least soreheaded. ..."
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