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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 Word Forms
- ǰn noun
- ܲ·ǰ adjective
- ܲ·ǰly adverb
- un·ǰn noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of sore1
Word 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
South Africa's ties with Russia have not been a sore point for Trump, as he too gets along with Putin and has been pushing Zelensky to make a deal with the Russian leader.
"He was a bit sore, but it's nothing serious, so it's good," Arteta said.
Forest management is indeed a sore spot in California, where decades of fire suppression have allowed vegetation to build up, which is in turn acting as fuel for the state’s larger and more frequent blazes.
We feel the pressure of sore backs and full bladders.
Tammy added: "Some of the times he hit me I was so sore. I was black and blue. I could hardly walk or sit down. It was awful."
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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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