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   sore

   /sɔː/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a part of one's body) painful or aching: "she had a sore throat" Similar painfulin painhurtinghurtachingthrobbingsmartingstingingburningirritatingirritatedagonizingexcruciatinginflamedangryredreddenedsensitivetenderdelicatechafedrawbruisedwoundedinjuredOpposite healthy
   • ▪ suffering pain from a part of one's body: "he was sore from the long ride"
   • 2. upset and angry: informal North American "I didn't even know they were sore at us" Similar upsetangryannoyedcrossangeredfuriousenragedin a temperbotheredvexeddispleaseddisgruntleddissatisfiedindignantexasperatedirritatedgalledirkedput outaggrievedoffendedaffrontedresentfulpiquednettledruffledin high dudgeoninformal:aggravatedmiffedpeevedriledhacked offpeed offnarkedeggycheesed offbrowned offbrassed offnot best pleasedteed offticked offsteamedvulgar slang:pissed offOpposite happy
   • 3. severe; urgent: "we're in sore need of him" Similar direurgentpressingdesperatecriticalcrucialacutegraveseriousintensecryingburningcompellingdrasticextremelife-and-deathgreatvery greatterriblearchaic, humorous:parlousrare:exigentOpposite someslight

   noun

   • 1. a raw or painful place on the body: "all of us had sores and infections on our hands"
   • ▪ a cause or source of distress or annoyance: "there's no point raking over the past and opening old sores"

   adverb

   • 1. extremely; severely: archaic "they were sore afraid"

   Word Origin Old Englishsār (noun and adjective), sāre (adverb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zeer ‘sore’ and German sehr ‘very’. The original sense was ‘causing intense pain, grievous’, whence the adverbial use.

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