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The Meaning of sore

  • (n.) Reddish brown; sorrel.
  • (n.) A young hawk or falcon in the first year.
  • (n.) A young buck in the fourth year. See the Note under Buck.
  • (superl.) Tender to the touch; susceptible of pain from pressure; inflamed; painful; -- said of the body or its parts; as, a sore hand.
  • (superl.) Fig.: Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.
  • (superl.) Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity.
  • (superl.) Criminal; wrong; evil.
  • (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.
  • (a.) Fig.: Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.
  • (a.) In a sore manner; with pain; grievously.
  • (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