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.
noun
8.
a sore spot or place on the body.
9.
a source or cause of grief, distress, irritation, etc.
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Sore
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adverb
10.
Archaic. sorely.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English (adj., noun, and adv.); Old English sār; cognate with Dutch zeer, German sehr, Old Norse sārr
before 900; Middle English (adj., noun, and adv.); Old English sār; cognate with Dutch zeer, German sehr, Old Norse sārr
Related forms
sore·ness, noun
un·sore, adjective
un·sore·ly, adverb
un·sore·ness, noun
Synonyms
1. tender. 3. aggrieved, hurt, pained, vexed. 4. grievous, distressing, painful, depressing. 8. infection, abscess, ulcer, wound.
1. tender. 3. aggrieved, hurt, pained, vexed. 4. grievous, distressing, painful, depressing. 8. infection, abscess, ulcer, wound.
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sore (sɔː) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (esp of a wound, injury, etc) painfully sensitive; tender |
| 2. | causing annoyance: a sore point |
| 3. | resentful; irked: he was sore that nobody believed him |
| 4. | urgent; pressing: in sore need |
| 5. | (postpositive) grieved; distressed |
| 6. | causing grief or sorrow |
| —n | |
| 7. | a painful or sensitive wound, injury, etc |
| 8. | any cause of distress or vexation |
| —adv | |
| 9. | archaic direly; sorely (now only in such phrases as sore pressed, sore afraid) |
| [Old English sār; related to Old Norse sārr, Old High German sēr, Gothic sair sore, Latin saevus angry] | |
| 'soreness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
sore
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
O.E. sar "bodily injury, sickness, disease, pain, suffering," from root of sore (adj.). Now restricted to ulcers, boils, blisters.
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Medical Dictionary
sore (sôr)
n.
An open skin lesion, wound, or ulcer. adj.
Painful to the touch; tender.
sore'ness n.
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Slang Dictionary
sore definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Idioms & Phrases
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.
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