sore

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[edit] English

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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).

[edit] Adverb

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)

Positive
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

Sores

Singular
sore

Plural
sores

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] Indonesian

[edit] Noun

sore

  1. afternoon

[edit] Istro-Romanian

[edit] Etymology

Latin sōl

[edit] Noun

sore m. (definite singular sorele, plural sori)

  1. sun

[edit] Japanese

Japanese demonstratives (edit)
ko- so- a- do-
此れ (, kore)
this one
其れ (, sore)
that one
彼れ (, are)
that one over there
何れ (, dore)
which one?
の (, kono)
(of) this
其の (, sono)
(of) that
彼の (, ano)
(of) that over there
の (, dono)
(of) which?
んな (konna)
like this
んな (sonna)
like that
んな (anna)
like that over there
んな (donna)
how? what sort of?
此処 (, koko)
this place
其処 (, soko)
that place
彼処 (そこ*, asoko*)
that place over there
何処 (, doko)
which place?
此方 (ちら, kochira)
this way
其方 (ちら, sochira)
that way
彼方 (ちら, achira)
that way over there
何方 (ちら, dochira)
which way?
()
in this manner
()
in that manner
(ā)
in that (other) manner
如何 (, )
in what manner?
* irregular formation

[edit] Prefix

sore (kanji 其れ, hiragana それ)

  1. that one

[edit] Usage notes

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