[sawr, sohr] 
adjective, sor⋅er, sor⋅est, noun, adverb | 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. |
| 8. | a sore spot or place on the body. |
| 9. | a source or cause of grief, distress, irritation, etc. |
| 10. | Archaic. sorely. |
| sore (sôr, sōr) adj. sor·er, sor·est
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. |
sore (sôr)
n.
An open skin lesion, wound, or ulcer. adj.
Painful to the touch; tender.
sore
In addition to the idiom beginning with sore, also see sight for sore eyes; stick out (like a sore thumb).