(simile) Very irritable; bad-tempered.

(simile) Be very noticeably different, especially in a negative way; to be particularly obtrusive, conspicuous, blatant, or prominent; to attract undue attention or notice.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stick out like a sore thumb

simple past tense and past participle of stick out like a sore thumb

present participle of stick out like a sore thumb

plural of sorel

Having or relating to a soredium.

(obsolete) The time between a hawk's being taken from the eyrie and first mewing or moulting its feathers.

(historical) A kind of servile tenure in Ireland which required the tenant to maintain his chieftain gratuitously whenever he wished to indulge in a revel.

(botany) Pertaining to or characterized by the presence of many soredia.