sore
(noun, adjective, verb, adverb)
adjective
1. hurting
Similar word(s): painful, raw, sensitive, tender
2. causing misery or pain or distress
- it was a sore trial to him
Similar word(s): unpleasant, afflictive, painful
3. roused to anger
- sore over a remark
Similar word(s): angry, huffy, mad
Sentences with sore as an adjective:
- Her feet were sore from walking so far.
- The school was in sore need of textbooks, theirs having been ruined in the flood.
- Joe was sore at Bob for beating him at checkers.
adverb
1. (archaic) Very, excessively, extremely (of something bad).
- They were sore afraid. The knight was sore wounded.
2. Sorely.
noun
1. an open skin infection
Definition categories: state, infection
Sentences with sore as a noun:
- They put ointment and a bandage on the sore.
verb
1. mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait in the animal.