SORE
\sˈɔː], \sˈɔː], \s_ˈɔː]\
Definitions of SORE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
Sort: Oldest first
-
causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"
-
hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw"
-
an open skin infection
-
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"
By Princeton University
-
causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"
-
(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"
-
hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw"
-
an open skin infection
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
-
Reddish brown; sorrel.
-
A young buck in the fourth year. See the Note under Buck.
-
Fig.: Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.
-
Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity.
-
Criminal; wrong; evil.
-
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.
-
Fig.: Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.
-
In a sore manner; with pain; grievously.
-
Greatly; violently; deeply.
By Oddity Software
-
Tender or painful to the touch; sensitive; grieved; as, her heart was sore; severe; distressing; as, a sore disappointment.
-
Grievously; severely; deeply.
-
A painful or diseased spot in an animal body; ulcer; wound; a bruise or break in the skin.
-
Sorely.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
-
A wound: an ulcer or boil: (B.) grief, affliction.
-
Wounded: tender: susceptible of pain: easily pained or grieved: (B.) severe.
-
(B.) Same as SORELY.
By Daniel Lyons
-
Flesh rendered painful by injury or disease; ulcer.
-
Painfully; grievously.
-
Wounded; diseased; susceptible of pain; easily annoyed.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
-
Having a sore; being inflamed or painful; touchy.
-
Causing extreme distress; also, very great; extreme.
-
A bruised or inflamed spot; boil; ulcer.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
-
n. [Anglo-Saxon, Icelandic, Gothic] A place where the skin and flesh are ruptured or bruised, so as to be tender or painful ;-an ulcer ; a boil ;-grief ; affliction ; trouble ; difficulty.
-
adv. In a sore manner ; with pain ; intensely;-greatly ; violently ; deeply.