n. A person who has a tendency to be angry or to feel offended.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One who is disgruntled by a failure in politics, or the like.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One whose head is sore.
n. An irritable, discontented person; one who has a real or fancied grievance; in political use, a person who is dissatisfied through lack of recognition or reward for party services.
n. Same as bird-pox.
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n. someone who is peevish or disgruntled
Word Usage
"He didn't claim directly to represent the Judge, and even went so far as to say that he had no objection to letting any "sorehead" in on the delegation who cared to go to the convention."