sore
adjective
[ sɔː ]
• (of a part of one's body) painful or aching.
• "she had a sore throat"
Similar:
painful,
in pain,
hurting,
hurt,
aching,
throbbing,
smarting,
stinging,
burning,
irritating,
irritated,
agonizing,
excruciating,
inflamed,
angry,
red,
reddened,
sensitive,
tender,
delicate,
chafed,
raw,
bruised,
wounded,
injured,
• upset and angry.
• "I didn't even know they were sore at us"
Similar:
upset,
angry,
annoyed,
cross,
angered,
furious,
enraged,
in a temper,
bothered,
vexed,
displeased,
disgruntled,
dissatisfied,
indignant,
exasperated,
irritated,
galled,
irked,
put out,
aggrieved,
offended,
affronted,
resentful,
piqued,
nettled,
ruffled,
in high dudgeon,
aggravated,
miffed,
peeved,
riled,
hacked off,
peed off,
narked,
eggy,
cheesed off,
browned off,
brassed off,
not best pleased,
teed off,
ticked off,
steamed,
pissed off,
• severe; urgent.
• "we're in sore need of him"
Similar:
dire,
urgent,
pressing,
desperate,
critical,
crucial,
acute,
grave,
serious,
intense,
crying,
burning,
compelling,
drastic,
extreme,
life-and-death,
great,
very great,
terrible,
parlous,
exigent,
sore
noun
• a raw or painful place on the body.
• "all of us had sores and infections on our hands"
Similar:
inflammation,
swelling,
lesion,
wound,
scrape,
abrasion,
chafe,
cut,
laceration,
graze,
contusion,
bruise,
running sore,
ulcer,
ulceration,
boil,
abscess,
carbuncle,
canker,
sore
adverb
• extremely; severely.
• "they were sore afraid"
Origin:
Old English sār (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.
