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Definitions for Sore

[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.
[11] (esp of a wound, injury, etc) painfully sensitive; tender
[12] causing annoyance a sore point
[13] resentful; irked he was sore that nobody believed him
[14] urgent; pressing in sore need
[15] (postpositive) grieved; distressed
[16] causing grief or sorrow
[17] a painful or sensitive wound, injury, etc
[18] any cause of distress or vexation
[19] archaic direly; sorely (now only in such phrases as sore pressed, sore afraid )

Words related to Sore

aching, inflamed, uncomfortable, tender, sharp, painful, hurting, bruised, resentful, acute, burning, sensitive, raw, annoying, smarting, extreme, pressing, upset, afflicted, burned

Words nearby Sore

sord, sordello, sordes, sordid, sordino, sore, sore point, a, sore shin, sore throat, soredial, soredium

Origin of Sore

before 900; Middle English (adj., noun, and adv.); Old English sār; cognate with Dutch zeer, German sehr, Old Norse sārr

Other words from Sore

sore·ness , noun
un·sore , adjective
un·sore·ly , adverb
un·sore·ness , noun
sore′ ness n.

Word origin for Sore

Old English sār; related to Old Norse sārr, Old High German sēr, Gothic sair sore, Latin saevus angry

Synonyms for Sore

aching, bruised, hurting, inflamed, painful, sharp, tender, uncomfortable, acute, annoying, burning, extreme, raw, sensitive, smarting, abscessed, afflicted, burned, chafed, critical, distressing, hurtful, irritated, pained, reddened, severe, ulcerated, unpleasant, vexatious