SORE

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

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Etymology 1

Adjective

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.

Adverb

sore (not comparable)

(archaic) Very, excessively, extremely (of something bad).

Sorely.

Noun

sore (plural sores)

An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.

Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.

Verb

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.

Etymology 2

Noun

sore (plural sores)

A group of ducks on land.

Etymology 3

Noun

sore (plural sores)

A young hawk or falcon in its first year.

A young buck in its fourth year.

Anagrams

• 'orse, EROS, Eros, ROEs, Roes, Rose, eros, ores, orse, roes, rose, rosé, sero-, öres

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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