| Sorer |
| More sore |
| More pained |
| More tender |
| In more pain |
| More painful |
| More muscle-sore |
| Increasingly sore |
| More flu-like, say |
| More uncomfortable |
| Having sorer muscles |
| Needing more massaging |
| Not so good physically |
| More affected by the flu |
| More in need of liniment |
| More in need of ibuprofen |
| More in need of a rubdown |
| More in need of a massage |
| Increasingly uncomfortable |
| More in need of Bengay, say |
| Needing more kneading, maybe |
| More needing a bath, perhaps |
| Having a worse case of the flu |
| More sore, like someone who has run a marathon |
| Feeling worse than usual after too much exercise |