huffy, mad, 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”
sensitive, sore, raw, tender
(adjective) hurting; “the tender spot on his jaw”
afflictive, painful, sore
(adjective) causing misery or pain or distress; “it was a sore trial to him”; “the painful process of growing up”
sore
(noun) an open skin infection
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sore (comparative sorer, superlative sorest)
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.
sore (not comparable)
(archaic) Very, excessively, extremely (of something bad).
Sorely.
sore (plural sores)
An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.
Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.
sore (third-person singular simple present sores, present participle soring, simple past and past participle sored)
(transitive) To mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait.
sore (plural sores)
A group of ducks on land.
sore (plural sores)
A young hawk or falcon in its first year.
A young buck in its fourth year.
• 'orse, EROS, Eros, ROEs, Roes, Rose, eros, ores, orse, roes, rose, rosé, sero-, öres
Source: Wiktionary
Sore, a. Etym: [F. saure, sore, sor; faucon sor a sore falcon. See Sorrel, n.]
Definition: Reddish brown; sorrel. [R.] Sore falcon. (Zoöl.) See Sore, n., 1.
Sore, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A young hawk or falcon in the first year.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A young buck in the fourth year. See the Note under Buck.
Sore, a. [Compar. Sorer (; superl. Sorest.] Etym: [OE. sor, sar, AS. sar; akin to D. zeer, OS. & OHG. s, G. sehr very, Icel. sarr, Sw. sår, 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.
2. Fig.: Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation. Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy. Tillotson.
3. Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity. Shak.
4. Criminal; wrong; evil. [Obs.] Shak. Sore throat (Med.), inflammation of the throat and tonsils; pharyngitis. See Cynanche.
– Malignant, Ulcerated or Putrid, sore throat. See Angina, and under Putrid.
Sore, n. Etym: [OE. sor, sar, AS. sar. 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. The dogs came and licked his sores. Luke xvi. 21.
2. Fig.: Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty. Chaucer. I see plainly where his sore lies. Sir W. Scott. Gold sore. (Med.) See under Gold, n.
Sore, adv. Etym: [AS. sare. See Sore, a.]
1. In a sore manner; with pain; grievously. Thy hand presseth me sore. Ps. xxxviii. 2.
2. Greatly; violently; deeply. [Hannah] prayed unto the Lord and wept sore. 1 Sam. i. 10. Sore sighed the knight, who this long sermon heard. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
