sorehead

Meaning

Noun

• A person who has a tendency to be angry or to feel offended.
• A politician who is dissatisfied through failure, lack of recognition, etc.
• Infection in sheep by the nematode Elaeophora schneideri (species); elaeophorosis.
• Fowlpox.

Related

Similar words

• elaeophorosis, filarial dermatitis

Origin

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