sore

IPA: sˈɔr

noun

  • An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.
  • Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.
  • A young hawk or falcon in its first year.
  • A young buck in its fourth year.

verb

  • (transitive) To mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait.

adjective

  • Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.
  • Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.
  • Dire; distressing.
  • (informal) Feeling animosity towards someone; annoyed or angered.
  • (obsolete) Criminal; wrong; evil.

adverb

  • (archaic) Very, excessively, extremely (of something bad).
  • Sorely.
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Examples of "sore" in Sentences

  • My legs and arms were sore.
  • The fight was sore and dreadful.
  • He had a cold and felt sore and fatigued.
  • The sauna soothes sore and aching muscles.
  • The Lenape used a salve for sores on the skin.
  • My entire upper body was sore from the experience.
  • Painful sores appear on the mouth, lips, and the esophagus.
  • The Chinese cure for canker sore is called Watermelon Frost
  • The articles on Rationalism and Empiricism are sorely deficient.
  • Why does gargling salt water help soothe the pain of a sore throat
  • The pain was unbelievable, and the little sores were oh so disgusting.
  • Canker sores are usually inside the mouth, while cold sores are outside.
  • But Opee-Kwan doubted, and brushed his hand across his brow in sore puzzlement.
  • I already had a bleeding sore from the pole so when we stopped and I was allowed to sit down.
  • The Republican party has no reguard for laws, this is a hangover from the Bushies Admin sore losers.
  • When the banks demanded that he pay his loans, he knew that the banks were in sore need of the money.
  • Those lunatics believe they are a majority and will be sore from the whooping they will take in the next elections.
  • At the end he emerged exhausted, sobbing for breath, his jaw sore from a first-blow, his shoulder aching from the bruise of a club, the blood running warmly down one leg from the rip of a dog's fangs, and both sleeves of his parka torn to shreds.

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