soreness

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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] an uncomfortable feeling in some part of the body [n] a pain that is felt when the area is touched

	Synonyms:	discomfort, irritation, tenderness

	See Also:	chafe, chafing, hurt, hurting, pain, rebound tenderness, suffering

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Sore"ness\, n. The quality or state of being sore; tenderness; painfull; as, the soreness of a wound; the soreness of an affliction.