Sore Definition

sôr

sore, sorer, sores, sorest, soring

adjective

sorer, sorest

Giving physical pain; painful; tender.

A sore throat.

Webster's New World

Feeling physical pain, as from wounds, bruises, etc.

To be sore all over.

Webster's New World

Filled with sadness, grief, or sorrow; distressed.

With a sore heart.

Webster's New World

Causing sadness, grief, misery, or distress.

A sore hardship.

Webster's New World

Provocative of irritation or disagreeable feelings.

A sore point.

Webster's New World

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noun

sores

A sore, usually infected spot on the body, as an ulcer, boil, or blister.

Webster's New World

A source of pain, irritation, grief, distress, etc.

Webster's New World

A group of ducks on land. (See also: sord).

Wiktionary

A young hawk or falcon in its first year.

Wiktionary

A young buck in its fourth year.

Wiktionary

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verb

To inflict soring on (a horse)

Webster's New World

To mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait in the animal.

American Heritage

To mutilate the legs or feet of a horse in order to induce a particular gait in the animal.

American Heritage Medicine

adverb

Sorely; greatly.

Webster's New World

(archaic) Very, excessively, extremely (of something bad).

They were sore afraid.

The knight was sore wounded.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Sore

Noun

Singular:

sore

Plural:

sores

Adjective

Base Form:

sore

Comparative:

sorer

Superlative:

sorest

Origin of Sore

Middle English sor, from Old English sār (noun) 'ache, wound' and sār (adj.) 'painful, grievous', from Proto-Germanic *sairą (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').

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English sār

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition