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Sore

sɔː

Sore definitions

adjective

Inflections:

sore sorer sorest

(of a part of one's body) painful or aching

"she had a sore throat"

Synonyms:
painful in pain hurting hurt aching throbbing smarting stinging burning irritating irritated agonizing excruciating
- suffering pain from a part of one's body
  
  "he was sore from the long ride"
upset and angry

"I didn't even know they were sore at us"

Synonyms:
upset angry annoyed cross angered furious enraged in a temper bothered vexed displeased disgruntled dissatisfied indignant exasperated irritated galled irked put out aggrieved offended affronted resentful piqued nettled ruffled in high dudgeon
severe; urgent

"we're in sore need of him"

Synonyms:
dire urgent pressing desperate critical crucial acute grave serious intense crying burning compelling drastic extreme life-and-death great very great terrible

noun

Inflections:

sore sores

a raw or painful place on the body

"all of us had sores and infections on our hands"

Synonyms:
inflammation swelling lesion
- a cause or source of distress or annoyance
  
  "there's no point raking over the past and opening old sores"

adverb

Inflections:

sore

extremely; severely

"they were sore afraid"

Synonyms:
very extremely exceedingly exceptionally especially tremendously immensely vastly hugely