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Sore Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Sore?
[n] an open skin infection
[adj] (informal) 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" [adj] inflamed and painful; "his throat was raw"; "had a sore throat" [adj] hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw" [adj] causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up" Synonyms | Synonyms for Sore: afflictive | angry | huffy | mad | painful | raw | sensitive | tender | unhealthy | unpleasant Related Terms | Find terms related to Sore: See Also | blain | chancre | fester | gall | infection | suppurating sore Sore In Webster's Dictionary \Sore\, a. [F. saure, sore, sor; faucon sor a sore falcon.
See {Sorrel}, n.]
Reddish brown; sorrel. [R.]
{Sore falcon}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Sore}, n., 1.
\Sore\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A young hawk or falcon in the first year. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A young buck in the fourth year. See the Note under {Buck}. \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. 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. [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. 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. [AS. s[=a]re. 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. |
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