a sore point



a sore point/spot

a subject which someone would prefer not to talk about because it makes them angry or embarrassed (often + with ) I tried not to make any reference to Mike's drinking habits - I know it's a sore point with Kay at the moment.
See also: point, sore

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Socorro-Spanish
JacobJAY-kəb (English), YAH-kawp (Dutch)English, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Jewish, Biblical
Tihomir-Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian
SenecaSEN-ə-kə (English)Ancient Roman
Josip-Croatian, Slovene
Dixon['diksn]