sore
Other forms: sores; sorest; sorer
A sore is a broken patch of skin — something you might put a bandage on — or it's something that gives you pain, like a sore throat, that’s red and scratchy and painful.
You can have a sore and you can also be sore: if you've just ridden your bike over the Alps, you're probably pretty sore — achy and hurting all over. Maybe you've heard phrases like "Don't be sore at me, boss," from old gangster movies, meaning "don't be angry." A sore point or a sore subject is something you don't want to discuss, like the sensitive topic of your last history quiz, the one you slept through.
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causing misery or pain or distress“it was a sore trial to him”synonyms: afflictive, painfulunpleasantdisagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings
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hurting
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roused to anger
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an open skin infectiontypes:blainan inflammatory swelling or sorechancrea small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis)galla skin sore caused by chafingchilblain, chilblains, pernioinflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisturesaddle soresore on a horseback rider chafed by a saddletype of:infectionthe pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
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