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- pronunciation:
- sor
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, noun), Homophone Note, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
sorer, sorest |
| definition 1: |
physically painful, as a wound or bruise.
- synonyms:
- painful, raw, tender
- similar words:
- angry, hurt, sensitive, smarting
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| definition 2: |
feeling or suffering physical pain; hurting.
- synonyms:
- hurt, hurting
- similar words:
- aching, angry, bruised, pained, smarting
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| definition 3: |
causing considerable misery or distress.
in sore poverty- synonyms:
- agonizing, distressing, grievous
- similar words:
- acute, desperate, difficult, dire, hard, heavy, intolerable, miserable, oppressive, severe
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| definition 4: |
causing or likely to cause embarrassment, annoyance, or offense.
a sore topic- synonyms:
- awkward, ticklish, touchy
- similar words:
- annoying, delicate, difficult, embarrassing, irksome, offensive, sensitive, tender
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| definition 5: |
(informal) angry, annoyed, or offended.
She was sore at him for leaving her stranded.- synonyms:
- angry, annoyed, mad, offended
- similar words:
- indignant, nettled, peeved, pissed, upset
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a painful or sensitive wound or bruise on the body, esp. when the skin is broken.
- synonyms:
- blain, lesion, wound
- similar words:
- gall
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| definition 2: |
a cause of pain, misery, distress, or the like.
- synonyms:
- affliction, hurt, injury
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| related words: |
abrasion, boil, burn, chafe, contusion, injury, wound |
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| derivation: |
soreness (n.) |
Are you looking for the word soar (to fly)? Sore and soar sound alike but have different meanings.
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