'Sore' definitions:
Definition of 'sore'
(from WordNet)
adjective
adjective
Causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up" [syn: afflictive, painful, sore]
adjective
Roused to anger; "stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain; "she gets mad when you wake her up so early"; "mad at his friend"; "sore over a remark" [syn: huffy, mad, sore]
noun
An open skin infection
Definition of 'Sore'
From: GCIDE
- Sore \Sore\, adv. [AS. s[=a]re. See Sore, a.]
- 1. In a sore manner; with pain; grievously. [1913 Webster]
- Thy hand presseth me sore. --Ps. xxxviii. 2. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Greatly; violently; deeply. [1913 Webster]
- [Hannah] prayed unto the Lord and wept sore. --1 Sam. i. 10. [1913 Webster]
- Sore sighed the knight, who this long sermon heard. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sore'
From: GCIDE
- Sore \Sore\, n. [OE. sor, sar, AS. s[=a]r. See Sore, a.]
- 1. A place in an animal body where the skin and flesh are ruptured or bruised, so as to be tender or painful; a painful or diseased place, such as an ulcer or a boil. [1913 Webster]
- The dogs came and licked his sores. --Luke xvi. 21. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- I see plainly where his sore lies. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- Gold sore. (Med.) See under Gold, n. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sore'
From: GCIDE
- Sore \Sore\, a. [F. saure, sore, sor; faucon sor a sore falcon. See Sorrel, n.] Reddish brown; sorrel. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Sore falcon. (Zool.) See Sore, n., 1. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sore'
From: GCIDE
- Sore \Sore\, n. (Zool.) A young hawk or falcon in the first year. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) A young buck in the fourth year. See the Note under Buck. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sore'
From: GCIDE
- Sore \Sore\, a. [Compar. Sorer; superl. Sorest.] [OE. sor, sar, AS. s[=a]r; akin to D. zeer, OS. & OHG. s?r, G. sehr very, Icel. s[=a]rr, Sw. s[*a]r, Goth. sair pain. Cf. Sorry.]
- 1. Tender to the touch; susceptible of pain from pressure; inflamed; painful; -- said of the body or its parts; as, a sore hand. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation. [1913 Webster]
- Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Criminal; wrong; evil. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Sore throat (Med.), inflammation of the throat and tonsils; pharyngitis. See Cynanche.
- Malignant sore throat, Ulcerated sore throat or {Putrid sore throat}. See Angina, and under Putrid. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sore'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abrasion,
- abscess,
- acerb,
- acerbate,
- acerbic,
- ache,
- aching,
- acid,
- acidic,
- acidulent,
- acidulous,
- acrid,
- acrimonious,
- acute,
- affecting,
- afflictive,
- aggrieved,
- agonizing,
- ague,
- algesia,
- algetic,
- anemia,
- angered,
- angry,
- ankylosis,
- annoyed,
- anoxia,
- antagonistic,
- antipathetic,
- apnea,
- aposteme,
- asphyxiation,
- asthma,
- ataxia,
- atrophy,
- awkward,
- backache,
- bed sore,
- belligerent,
- bitter,
- blain,
- bleak,
- bleb,
- bleeding,
- blemish,
- blennorhea,
- blister,
- blow,
- boil,
- break,
- browned-off,
- bruise,
- bubo,
- bulla,
- bunion,
- burdensome,
- burn,
- burning,
- cachexia,
- cachexy,
- canker,
- canker sore,
- carbuncle,
- caustic,
- chafe,
- chafed,
- chancre,
- chancroid,
- check,
- cheerless,
- chilblain,
- chill,
- chills,
- chip,
- choleric,
- clashing,
- cold sore,
- colic,
- colliding,
- comfortless,
- concussion,
- conflicting,
- constipation,
- convulsion,
- coughing,
- crack,
- crackle,
- cramp,
- craze,
- critical,
- cross,
- cut,
- cyanosis,
- damage,
- danger,
- delicate,
- deplorable,
- depressing,
- depressive,
- desperate,
- despiteful,
- diarrhea,
- difficulty,
- dire,
- discomforting,
- dismal,
- dismaying,
- distress,
- distressful,
- distressing,
- dizziness,
- dolor,
- dolorific,
- dolorogenic,
- dolorous,
- dreary,
- dropsy,
- dysentery,
- dyspepsia,
- dyspnea,
- edema,
- emaciation,
- embarrassing,
- embittered,
- eschar,
- extreme,
- fainting,
- fatigue,
- felon,
- fester,
- festering,
- fever,
- fever blister,
- fibrillation,
- fierce,
- fiery,
- fistula,
- flash burn,
- flux,
- fracture,
- fray,
- frazzle,
- full of hate,
- furuncle,
- furunculus,
- gall,
- galled,
- gash,
- gathering,
- grief,
- grievous,
- growth,
- gumboil,
- harrowing,
- hateful,
- heavy,
- hemorrhage,
- hemorrhoids,
- high blood pressure,
- hostile,
- hurt,
- hurtful,
- hurting,
- hydrops,
- hypertension,
- hypotension,
- icterus,
- incensed,
- incision,
- indigestion,
- indignant,
- infection,
- inflamed,
- inflammation,
- injury,
- insomnia,
- irate,
- ireful,
- irked,
- irritated,
- irritation,
- itching,
- jaundice,
- joyless,
- kibe,
- labored breathing,
- laceration,
- lamentable,
- lesion,
- livid,
- low blood pressure,
- lumbago,
- mad,
- malevolent,
- malicious,
- malignant,
- marasmus,
- mortal wound,
- mournful,
- moving,
- mutilation,
- nasal discharge,
- nasty blow,
- nausea,
- necrosis,
- onerous,
- oppressive,
- pain,
- painful,
- pang,
- papula,
- papule,
- paralysis,
- paronychia,
- parulis,
- passion,
- pathetic,
- peeved,
- petechia,
- piles,
- pimple,
- pissed,
- pissed-off,
- piteous,
- pitiable,
- pock,
- poignant,
- polyp,
- pressing,
- prickly,
- pruritus,
- puncture,
- pustule,
- quarrelsome,
- rancorous,
- rankled,
- rankling,
- rash,
- raw,
- rawness,
- red,
- regrettable,
- rent,
- repugnant,
- resentful,
- resenting,
- rheum,
- riled up,
- rip,
- rising,
- rueful,
- run,
- rupture,
- sad,
- saddening,
- scab,
- scald,
- sclerosis,
- scorch,
- scrape,
- scratch,
- scuff,
- second-degree burn,
- seizure,
- sensitive,
- sensitiveness,
- serious,
- set against,
- severe,
- sharp,
- shock,
- skin eruption,
- slash,
- smarting,
- sneezing,
- soft chancre,
- sore spot,
- soreness,
- sorrowful,
- spasm,
- spiteful,
- splenetic,
- stab,
- stab wound,
- stewing,
- stigma,
- stinging,
- stress,
- stress of life,
- stroke,
- sty,
- suffering,
- suppuration,
- swelling,
- tabes,
- tachycardia,
- tear,
- tender,
- tender spot,
- tenderness,
- third-degree burn,
- thorny,
- throes,
- ticked off,
- ticklish,
- tingling,
- touching,
- touchy,
- trauma,
- trouble,
- troublesome,
- tubercle,
- tumor,
- ulcer,
- ulceration,
- uncomfortable,
- upset,
- upset stomach,
- urgent,
- venomous,
- vertigo,
- vexed,
- virulent,
- vitriolic,
- vomiting,
- wale,
- wasting,
- welt,
- wheal,
- whelk,
- whitlow,
- woebegone,
- woeful,
- worked up,
- wound,
- wounds immedicable,
- wrathful,
- wrathy,
- wrench,
- wretched,
- wroth,
- wrought-up
Words containing 'Sore'
- Soree,
- Sorely,
- Soreness,
- Cold sore,
- Fever sore,
- Gold sore,
- Sore falcon,
- Sore throat,
- Veldt sore,
- Wood sore,
- canker sore,
- oriental sore,
- pressure sore,
- saddle sore,
- sore spot,
- suppurating sore,
- tropical sore,
- weak sore,
- Malignant sore throat,
- Putrid sore throat,
- Ulcerated sore throat,
- foot-sore,
- saddle-sore,
- septic sore throat,
- sore-eyed,
- streptococcal sore throat