sore point
sore point noun: an action, belief, or state of affairs which is an enduring basis for disagreement or dissatisfaction.
Noun
sore point (plural sore points)
- An action, belief, or state of affairs which is an enduring basis for disagreement or dissatisfaction.
- The affair of the chaplaincy remained a sore point in his memory as a case in which this petty medium of Middlemarch had been too strong for him.1871, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter XVIII, in Middlemarch […], volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book II, page 337
- It is a sore point with me, this being told what I am to do or not do by you self-constituted lords of creation.1911 March, Jack London, chapter 6, in Adventure, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- bone of contention, bone to pick, point of contention
Synonyms of sore point
Forms of sore point
| plural | sore points |
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Questions about sore point
- What does sore point mean?
- Sore point means an action, belief, or state of affairs which is an enduring basis for disagreement or dissatisfaction.
- What part of speech is sore point?
- Sore point is a noun.
- What is the plural of sore point?
- The plural of sore point is sore points.
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