Usually means: Sensitive issue causing emotional discomfort.
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  1. sore point: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. sore point: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. sore point: Wiktionary

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▸ noun:  (idiomatic) An action, belief, or state of affairs which is an enduring basis for disagreement or dissatisfaction.

Similar:
sticking point, soreness, sticking-place, pain point, saddlesoreness, dissatisfaction, pointfulness, point, pain, malcontent, more...

Opposite:
strength, advantage, asset, positive aspect

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Similar:
sticking point, soreness, sticking-place, pain point, saddlesoreness, dissatisfaction, pointfulness, point, pain, malcontent, more...

Opposite:
strength, advantage, asset, positive aspect



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