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sore

  [sawr, sohr] adjective, sor⋅er, sor⋅est, noun, adverb
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–adjective
1. physically painful or sensitive, as a wound, hurt, or diseased part: a sore arm.
2. suffering bodily pain from wounds, bruises, etc., as a person: He is sore because of all that exercise.
3. suffering mental pain; grieved, distressed, or sorrowful: to be sore at heart.
4. causing great mental pain, distress, or sorrow: a sore bereavement.
5. causing very great suffering, misery, hardship, etc.: sore need.
6. Informal. annoyed; irritated; offended; angered: He was sore because he had to wait.
7. causing annoyance or irritation: a sore subject.
–noun
8. a sore spot or place on the body.
9. a source or cause of grief, distress, irritation, etc.
–adverb
10. Archaic. sorely.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME (adj., n., and adv.); OE sār; c. D zeer, G sehr, ON sārr

Related forms:
soreness, noun

Synonyms:
1. tender. 3. aggrieved, hurt, pained, vexed. 4. grievous, distressing, painful, depressing. 8. infection, abscess, ulcer, wound.
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sore   (sôr, sōr)   
adj.   sor·er, sor·est
  1. Painful to the touch; tender.
  2. Feeling physical pain; hurting: sore all over.
  3. Causing misery, sorrow, or distress; grievous: in sore need.
  4. Causing embarrassment or irritation: a sore subject.
  5. Full of distress; sorrowful.
  6. Informal Angry; offended.
n.  
  1. An open skin lesion, wound, or ulcer.
  2. A source of pain, distress, or irritation.
tr.v.   sored, sor·ing, sores
To mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait in the animal.
adv.   Archaic
Sorely.

[Middle English, from Old English sār.]
sore'ness n.
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Sore

Sore\, a. [F. saure, sore, sor; faucon sor a sore falcon. See Sorrel, n.] Reddish brown; sorrel. [R.]

Sore falcon. (Zo["o]l.) See Sore, n., 1.

Sore

Sore\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A young hawk or falcon in the first year.

2. (Zo["o]l.) A young buck in the fourth year. See the Note under Buck.

Sore

Sore\, a. [Compar. Sorer; superl. Sorest.] [OE. sor, sar, AS. s[=a]r; akin to D. zeer, OS. & OHG. s?r, G. sehr very, Icel. s[=a]rr, Sw. s[*a]r, Goth. sair pain. Cf. Sorry.]

1. Tender to the touch; susceptible of pain from pressure; inflamed; painful; -- said of the body or its parts; as, a sore hand.

2. Fig.: Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.

Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy. --Tillotson.

3. Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity. --Shak.

4. Criminal; wrong; evil. [Obs.] --Shak.

Sore throat (Med.), inflammation of the throat and tonsils; pharyngitis. See Cynanche.

Malignant, Ulcerated or Putrid, sore throat. See Angina, and under Putrid.

Sore

Sore\, n. [OE. sor, sar, AS. s[=a]r. See Sore, a.]

1. A place in an animal body where the skin and flesh are ruptured or bruised, so as to be tender or painful; a painful or diseased place, such as an ulcer or a boil.

The dogs came and licked his sores. --Luke xvi. 21.

2. Fig.: Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty. --Chaucer.

I see plainly where his sore lies. --Sir W. Scott.

Gold sore. (Med.) See under Gold, n.

Sore

Sore\, adv. [AS. s[=a]re. See Sore, a.]

1. In a sore manner; with pain; grievously.

Thy hand presseth me sore. --Ps. xxxviii. 2.

2. Greatly; violently; deeply.

[Hannah] prayed unto the Lord and wept sore. --1 Sam. i. 10.

Sore sighed the knight, who this long sermon heard. --Dryden.
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Language Translation for : sore
Spanish: doloroso,
German: wund,
Japanese: 痛む
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sore  (adj.)
O.E. sar "painful, grievous, aching," infl. in meaning by O.N. sarr "sore, wounded," from P.Gmc. *sairaz (cf. O.Fris. sar "painful," M.Du. seer, Du. zeer "sore, ache," O.H.G. ser "painful"), from PIE base *sai- "suffering" (cf. O.Ir. saeth "pain, sickness"). Adv. use (e.g. sore afraid) has mostly died out (except as sorely), but remains the main meaning of Ger. cognate sehr "very." Slang meaning "angry, irritated" is first recorded 1738; sorehead "mean, discontented person" is first recorded 1848, Amer.Eng.

sore  (n.)
O.E. sar "bodily injury, sickness, disease, pain, suffering," from root of sore (adj.). Now restricted to ulcers, boils, blisters.
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Main Entry: 1sore
Pronunciation: 'sO(&)r, 'so(&)r
Function: adjective
Inflected Forms: sor·er; sor·est
: causing, characterized by, or affected with pain : PAINFUL <sore muscles> sore wound> —sore·ly adverb —sore·ness noun

Main Entry: 2sore
Function: noun
: a localized sore spot on the body; especially : one (as an ulcer) with the tissues ruptured or abraded andusually with infection
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sore (sôr)
n.
An open skin lesion, wound, or ulcer. adj.
Painful to the touch; tender.

sore'ness n.

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sore

In addition to the idiom beginning with sore, also see sight for sore eyes; stick out (like a sore thumb).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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