sore

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Adverb 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Adverb 1.6 Noun 1.6.1 Translations 1.7 See also 1.8 Anagrams 2 Indonesian 2.1 Noun 3 Istro-Romanian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 4 Japanese 4.1 Prefix 4.1.1 See also 4.1.2 Usage notes

[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: sô(r), IPA: /sɔː(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /sO:(r)/
• Homophones: soar, saw (in non-rhotic accents)
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)
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[edit] Etymology

Old English sār. Influenced in meaning by Old Norse sárr (“‘wounded’”) (Danish sår (“‘wound’”)), akin to German sehr and Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍂 (sair), “‘pain’”).

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sore

1. Very, excessively, extremely.

   They were sore afraid.

2. sorely.

[edit] Adjective

sore (comparative sorer, superlative sorest)

1. Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.

   Her feet were sore from walking so far.

2. Feeling animosity towards; annoyed or angered.

   Joe was sore at Bob for beating him at checkers.

3. Dire; distressing.

   The school was in sore' need of textbooks, theirs having been ruined in the flood.

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[edit] Adverb

sore (comparative more sore, superlative most sore)

1. (archaic) Sorely.
   • 1919: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jungle Tales of Tarzan [1]

     ...[they] were often sore pressed to follow the trail at all, and at best were so delayed that in the afternoon of the second day, they still had not overhauled the fugitive.

[edit] Noun

sore (plural sores)

1. An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.

   They put ointment and a bandage on the sore.

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[edit] See also

• blister
• lesion
• ulcer

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: eors
• eros, Eros, EROS
• ores
• orse
• roes
• rose, Rose, rosé, ærose

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[edit] Indonesian

[edit] Noun

sore

1. afternoon

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[edit] Istro-Romanian

[edit] Etymology

Latin sōl

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sore m. (definite singular sorele, plural sori)

1. sun

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Prefix

sore (kanji 其れ, hiragana それ)

1. that one

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Japanese demonstratives (edit)
	ko-	so-	a-	do-
Pronoun	これ	それ	あれ	どれ
Determiner	この	その	あの	どの
Kind	こんな	そんな	あんな	どんな
Place	ここ	そこ	あそこ*	どこ
Direction	こちら	そちら	あちら	どちら
Manner	こう	そう	ああ	どう
* irregular

[edit] Usage notes

• The hiragana spelling (それ) is preferred to the kanji spelling (其れ), which is rarely used.