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or soreheaded
as in unpleasant
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as in killjoy
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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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Her pregnancies are painful and unpleasant, especially compared to Lenù’s.Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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One way to avoid unpleasant surprises is to keep your restaurant order simple.Sarah Garone, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Nov. 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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That’s no small feat, considering how sulky and borderline-bratty Donn comes across in early scenes.Joe Leydon, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
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No sniggering jokes now about princely flings and sulky princesses and body doubles.Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2024
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In Falling Together, Williams plays abundantly friendly Natalie opposite fellow Hallmark stalwart, Paul Campbell as Mark, a bit of a curmudgeon.Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2024
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Some are curmudgeons, gossips, narcissists, and bullies.Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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Buried in a bland mixed-use skyscraper in the dreary Financial District downtown, an aging, if glamorous, 1929 movie palace with rotten acoustics long served as the San Diego Symphony’s disagreeable home.Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
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The fasting is uncomfortable, the prep is disagreeable, and the procedure itself requires you to be put to sleep.Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 15 Aug. 2024
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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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Screaming and antisocial behavior may not seem like beloved traits, but these penguins are revered in Māori culture as taonga, or treasure, even gracing the country’s $5 bill.Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
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The biggest concern, according to eugenicists, was that these antisocial tendencies were inborn—that genes for crime and poverty were being smuggled into the country in the blood of immigrants.Arthur Caplan, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Sorehead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorehead. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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