sorehead

Etymology
From, perhaps specifically from the simile like (or mad as) a bear with a sore head.

Noun

 * 1) A person who has a tendency to be angry or to feel offended.
 * Don't be a sorehead! Forgive, forget and get on with your life.
 * 1) * 2000, Nancy Capace, McGill, Ralph Emerson, entry in Encyclopedia of Tennessee, page 63,
 * He[McGill] antagonized them by printing that they were a bunch of "failures . . . chronic soreheads . . . hoodlums, and toughs who have no faith in themselves."
 * 1)  A politician who is dissatisfied through failure, lack of recognition, etc.
 * 2) * 2007, Bessie Louise Pierce, A History of Chicago, Volume III: The Rise of a Modern City, 1871-1893, page 341,
 * Despite the opposition of professional politicians of unsavory reputation and men the Tribune described as “irresponsible soreheads,” the Medill ticket swept into office with a flatteringly large vote.
 * 1)  Infection in sheep by the nematode ; elaeophorosis.
 * 2) * 2012, D. G. Pugh, N. (Nickie) Baird, Sheep and Goat Medicine, unnumbered page,
 * is a filarial nematode that has been reported primarily in wildlife species in the western United States, including mule deer and bighorn sheep.36,37 Elaeophorosis (sorehead) is uncommon in sheep and goats.
 * 1)  Fowlpox.
 * 2) * 1922, University of Hawaii (Honolulu), Agricultural Dept, Annual Report of the Agricultural Department, Volume 4, page 103,
 * The two principal causes of death among chicks has [sic] been sorehead and coccidiosis.
 * 1) * 2012, D. G. Pugh, N. (Nickie) Baird, Sheep and Goat Medicine, unnumbered page,
 * is a filarial nematode that has been reported primarily in wildlife species in the western United States, including mule deer and bighorn sheep.36,37 Elaeophorosis (sorehead) is uncommon in sheep and goats.
 * 1)  Fowlpox.
 * 2) * 1922, University of Hawaii (Honolulu), Agricultural Dept, Annual Report of the Agricultural Department, Volume 4, page 103,
 * The two principal causes of death among chicks has [sic] been sorehead and coccidiosis.
 * The two principal causes of death among chicks has [sic] been sorehead and coccidiosis.

Synonyms

 * , dermatitis

Translations

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