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sore
[ sawr, sohr ]
adjective
- physically painful or sensitive, as a wound, hurt, or diseased part:
a sore arm.
Synonyms:
- 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.
Synonyms: , , ,
- causing great mental pain, distress, or sorrow:
a sore bereavement.
Synonyms: , ,
- 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: , , ,
- a source or cause of grief, distress, irritation, etc.
adverb
- Archaic. sorely.
sore
/ ɔː /
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 )
Derived Forms
- ˈǰԱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ǰn noun
- ܲ·ǰ adjective
- ܲ·ǰly adverb
- un·ǰn noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sore1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sore1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with sore , also see sight for sore eyes ; stick out (like a sore thumb) .Example Sentences
Lake was being a sore loser, in keeping with her refusal to acknowledge electoral defeat, but at least she was not being quoted in the paper about infringements on decorum at the club.
As the 35-year-old now nurses a sore elbow and fine tunes preparations away from public eyes, LIV's top stars this week compete on the circuit's toughest course.
"I'm feeling pretty exhausted, I have very sore feet, but it's nice to be back in civilisation," she added.
For most people, side effects are mild., external The most common include a sore arm, headache, chills, fatigue and nausea.
When he was ultimately hospitalized after his subsequent stays at Napoli and Capri, his pressure sores were so infected and gangrenous that doctors amputated one of his legs below the knee, according to the lawsuit.
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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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