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sore
[ sawr, sohr ]
adjective
- physically painful or sensitive, as a wound, hurt, or diseased part:
a sore arm.
Synonyms: tender
- suffering bodily pain from wounds, bruises, etc.:
He is sore because of all that exercise.
- suffering mental pain; grieved, distressed, or sorrowful:
to be sore at heart.
- causing great mental pain, distress, or sorrow:
a sore bereavement.
Synonyms: grievous, depressing, painful
- causing very great suffering, misery, hardship, etc.:
sore need.
He was sore because he had to wait.
- causing annoyance or irritation:
a sore subject.
noun
- a sore spot or place on the body.
Synonyms: wound, ulcer, abscess, inflammation
- a source or cause of grief, distress, irritation, etc.
adverb
- Archaic. sorely.
sore
/ sɔː /
adjective
- (esp of a wound, injury, etc) painfully sensitive; tender
- causing annoyance
a sore point
- resentful; irked
he was sore that nobody believed him
- urgent; pressing
in sore need
- postpositive grieved; distressed
- causing grief or sorrow
noun
- a painful or sensitive wound, injury, etc
- any cause of distress or vexation
adverb
- archaic.direly; sorely (now only in such phrases as sore pressed, sore afraid )
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Derived Forms
- ˈsoreness, noun
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Other Words From
- soreness noun
- un·sore adjective
- un·sorely adverb
- un·soreness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sore1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sore1
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Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with sore , also see sight for sore eyes ; stick out (like a sore thumb) .Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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