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The Meaning of sore
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(n.) Reddish brown; sorrel.
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(n.) A young hawk or falcon in the first year.
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(n.) A young buck in the fourth year. See the Note under Buck.
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(superl.) Tender to the touch; susceptible of pain from pressure; inflamed; painful; -- said of the body or its parts; as, a sore hand.
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(superl.) Fig.: Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.
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(superl.) Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity.
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(superl.) Criminal; wrong; evil.
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(a.) 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.
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(a.) Fig.: Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.
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(a.) In a sore manner; with pain; grievously.
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(a.) Greatly; violently; deeply.
Synonyms
stark naked
,
sensitive
,
tender
,
bare-assed
,
new
,
fond
,
cranky
,
crank
,
raw
,
warm
,
naked as a jaybird
,
unsanded
,
natural
,
peeled
,
in the altogether
,
painful
,
cutting
,
in the raw
,
affectionate
,
crude
,
mad
,
tippy
,
afflictive
,
bare-ass
,
raw(a)
,
rude(a)
,
naked
,
bleak
,
huffy
,
lovesome
,
sensible
,
untoughened
,
in the buff
,
irritating
,
terrible
,
unspeakable
,
awful
,
atrocious
,
abominable
,
dreadful
,
thin-skinned
,
unhinged
,
delirious
,
sick
,
disturbed
,
feisty
,
insane
,
harebrained
,
unbalanced
,
brainsick
,
demented
,
excited
,
frantic
,
unrestrained
,
crazy
,
touchy
Antonyms
pleasant
,
painless
,
unangry(p)
Homophones
saur
,
soar
,
sor
Rhymes
aancor
,
abhor
,
accor
,
ador
,
adore
,
albacore
,
antiwar
,
anymore
,
ardmore
,
armentor
,
ashore
,
backdoor
,
balthazor
,
baltimore
,
bangalore
,
bangor
,
barrymore
,
bator
,
baur
,
before
,
boar
,
boer
,
bogor
,
bohr
,
bookstore
,
bore
,
borre
,
c4
,
carnivore
,
cat-4
,
cavalli-sfor
,
centaur
,
chore
,
claymore
,
clore
,
coar
,
cohr
,
commodore
,
cor
,
core
,
corps
,
corr
,
crore
,
damore
,
decor
,
delore
,
deplore
,
devor
,
dinosaur
,
dior
,
doerr
,
dohr
,
door
,
dore
,
dorr
,
drawer
,
drugstore
,
ecuador
,
el-salvador
,
elnore
,
elsinore
,
encore
,
espectador
,
evermore
,
explore
,
eyesore
,
faure
,
floor
,
folklore
,
for
,
fore
,
four
,
frore
,
furthermore
,
gabor
,
galore
,
glor
,
glore
,
goar
,
gore
,
gorr
,
guarantor
,
hardcore
,
herbivore
,
heretofore
,
hoar
,
hoare
,
hors
,
humidor
,
ignore
,
igor
,
implore
,
indoor
,
inshore
,
jacor
,
jambor
,
kenmore
,
knorr
,
kohr
,
labore
,
labrador
,
lahore
,
lakeshore
,
lamaur
,
laur
,
laure
,
lazor
,
lenore
,
livermore
,
livor
,
loar
,
loehr
,
lohr
,
longcor
,
longshore
,
lor
,
lore
,
m4
,
matador
,
mazor
,
melor
,
mentor
,
meritor
,
mevacor
,
mohr
,
montefiore
,
montemayor
,
moore
,
more
,
morr
,
nevermore
,
ngor
,
nohr
,
nor
,
oar
,
offshore
,
ohr
,
oncor
,
onshore
,
or
,
ore
,
orr
,
outdoor
,
outpour
,
outscore
,
paramore
,
phosphor
,
por
,
pore
,
porr
,
postwar
,
pour
,
prewar
,
rapport
,
restore
,
roar
,
roehr
,
rohr
,
salvador
,
salvatore
,
san-salvador
,
saur
,
schnorr
,
schor
,
schorr
,
scor
,
score
,
seashore
,
sedor
,
senor
,
shor
,
shore
,
singapore
,
snore
,
soar
,
sophomore
,
sor
,
sotomayor
,
spaur
,
splore
,
spore
,
stevedore
,
stoehr
,
stohr
,
store
,
storr
,
swarthmore
,
swore
,
sycamore
,
tambocor
,
tenore
,
theodore
,
therefor
,
therefore
,
thor
,
timor
,
tor
,
tore
,
torr
,
torre
,
tracor
,
troubadour
,
underscore
,
uproar
,
villasenor
,
vore
,
war
,
warr
,
whore
,
woehr
,
wor
,
wore
,
yore
,
your