soreness   (TTS Sound)

The noun soreness has 2 senses

• tenderness, soreness, rawness -- (a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched); "the best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum tenderness"; "after taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on")


• discomfort, soreness, irritation -- (an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress)