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sore points

sore points is the plural of sore point.

Meaning of sore point

Noun

sore point (plural sore points)

  1. (idiomatic) 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

Questions about sore points

What is sore points the plural of?
Sore points is the plural of sore point.

Words near sore points in the dictionary

  1. sore eyes
  2. sore loser
  3. Sore Loserman
  4. sore losers
  5. sore point
  6. sore points
  7. sore throat
  8. sore throats
  9. sore thumb
  10. sore thumbs
  11. sore winner

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