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Sore

noun
/sɔː/
Word Frequency: 5.0

Definitions

1.nounAn injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.
"They put ointment and a bandage on the sore."
2.nounGrief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.
3.verbTo mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait.
4.adjectiveCausing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.
"Her feet were sore from walking so far."
5.adjectiveSensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.
6.adjectiveDire; distressing.
"The school was in sore need of textbooks, theirs having been ruined in the flood."
7.adjectiveFeeling animosity towards someone; annoyed or angered.
"Joe was sore at Bob for beating him at checkers."
8.adjectiveCriminal; wrong; evil.
9.adverbVery, excessively, extremely (of something bad).
10.adverbSorely.

Synonyms

painfulafflictiveangryhuffyunhealthymadtenderunpleasantsensitiverawachingpain

Rhymes With

implorecorefurthermoreabhorwhorefrorethereforescore
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