sore
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Middle English sor, from Old English sār (noun) 'ache, wound' and sār (adj.) 'painful, grievous', from Proto-Germanic *sairan (noun) (compare Dutch zeer 'sore, ache', Danish sår 'wound'), and *sairaz (adj.) 'sore' (compare German sehr 'very'), from pre-Germanic *sh₂ei-ro-, enlargement of Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ei- 'to be fierce, afflict' (compare Hittite sāwar 'anger', Welsh hoed 'pain', Ancient Greek aimōdía 'toothache').
Pronunciation[edit]
- enPR: sô(r), IPA: /sɔː(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /sO:(r)/
- Homophone: soar, saw (in non-rhotic accents)
- Rhymes: -ɔː(r)
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Adjective[edit]
sore (comparative sorer, superlative sorest)
- Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.
- Her feet were sore from walking so far.
- Dire; distressing.
- The school was in sore need of textbooks, theirs having been ruined in the flood.
- (informal) Feeling animosity towards someone; annoyed or angered.
- Joe was sore at Bob for beating him at checkers.
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from sore (adj.)
Translations[edit]
causing pain
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dire, distressing
annoyed — see annoyed
Adverb[edit]
sore (not comparable)
- (archaic) Very, excessively, extremely (of something bad).
- They were sore afraid.
- The knight was sore wounded.
- 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.
- 1919, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jungle Tales of Tarzan [1]
Noun[edit]
sore (plural sores)
- An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.
- They put ointment and a bandage on the sore.
- A group of ducks on land. (See also: sord
Translations[edit]
injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin
See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Indonesian[edit]
Noun[edit]
sore
- afternoon (part of the day between noon and evening)
Istro-Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin sōl
Noun[edit]
sore m (definite singular sorele, plural sori)
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
sore
- See それ
Malay[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Indonesian sore.
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sore
- afternoon (part of the day between noon and evening)
Synonyms[edit]
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