soreness

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English sornes, sornesse, sarnesse, from Old English sārnes (“bodily pain; mental pain, affliction, grief”), from Proto-West Germanic *sairanassī, equivalent to sore +‎ -ness. Cognate with Scots sairness (“soreness”), Old Frisian sērnisse, sērnesse (“injury, lesion”), Middle Low German sêrnisse, sêrenisse (“wounding, injury, distress, need”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === soreness (usually uncountable, plural sorenesses) The property, state, or condition of being sore; painfulness. A lingering emotional pain resulting in bitterness or resentment. ==== Derived terms ==== delayed-onset muscle soreness ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === roseness