soreness in WordNet English dictionary

1. an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress
   discomfort  soreness  irritation 
   
2. a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
   "the best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum tenderness"; "after taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on"
   tenderness  soreness  rawness