sore

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Now, old man, there can only be one explanation for such conduct: you're sore--sore because he succeeded in holding Barville down after you had failed Weakly Springer sought to protest against this, but stopped in the midst of it, fully comprehending how feeble his words were It's folly, Springer," said Eliot, "sheer childish folly.

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  1. adjective Painful to the touch; tender.
  2. adjective Feeling physical pain; hurting: sore all over.
  3. adjective Causing misery, sorrow, or distress; grievous: in sore need.

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  • I can not forget how he looked, the sore was a sickening sight; yet, when he was able to walk he had to return to work in the field. —  Thirty Years a Slave
  • Alabama RB Mark Ingram sat out today's scrimmage with what is being described as a sore hamstring. —  ProFantasySports
  • Oh, You know George, Like 3500 years ago in Leviticus the 13th chapter, where Jehovah God gave Moses a way to determine if a sore was only a sore or Leprosy. —  بالاترین
  • Pus may form, and the cornea assumes a yellowish tinge and bursts, giving rise to a deep sore which is liable to extend as an ulcer, and may be in its turn followed by bulging of the cornea at that point (staphyloma). —  Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
  • Now, old man, there can only be one explanation for such conduct: you're sore--sore because he succeeded in holding Barville down after you had failed Weakly Springer sought to protest against this, but stopped in the midst of it, fully comprehending how feeble his words were It's folly, Springer," said Eliot, "sheer childish folly. —  Rival Pitchers of Oakdale
 

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painful ·  weary ·  sick ·  nervous ·  weak ·  grievous ·  hot ·  severe

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sore:   sores
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Etymologies (6)

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  1. Middle English, from Old English sār.

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  1. Scots sair, sare; from Middle English sore, sare, sor, sar, from Anglo-Saxon sār, painful, = OS, sēr = Middle Dutch seer, Dutch zeer = Middle Low German sēr = Old High German Middle High German sēr, painful, wounded, = Icelandic sārr = Norwegian saar, sore (cf. Swedish sår = Danish saar, wound, = Gothic (Moesogothic) sair, sorrow, travail, found only as a noun). Cf. Finn, sairas, sick (from Teutonic), No cognates are found outside of Teutonic
  2. from Middle English sore, sare, sor, from Anglo-Saxon sār = Old Saxon sēr = Middle Low German sēr = Old High German Middle High German sēr, pain, suffering, = Icelandic sār = Norwegian saar = Swedish sår = Danish saar, a wound, = Goth, sair, sorrow, travail; from the adjective Cf. sorry,
  3. Scots sair, sare; from Middle English sore, soore, sare, from Anglo-Saxon sāre, sorely, painfully, = Old Saxon sēro = Middle Dutch sere, D. zeer = Middle Low German sēre = Old High German sēro, Middle High German sēre, sēr, painfully, sorely, strongly, very, German sehr, extremely, very, = Danish saare, extremely, very; from the adjective
  4. = Old Saxon sērian = Old High German Middle High German sēren, German ver-sehren = Icelandic sārna = Swedish såra = Danish saare; from the noun.
  5. I. a. Early modern English also soar, soare; from Middle English sore, soyr, from Old French sor, saur, French saur, saure = Provencal sor, saur = Spanish soro = Italian soro, sauro (Middle Latin saurus, sorius), reddish-brown, reddish, brownish, sorrel, from Middle Low German sor = Middle Dutch sore, Dutch zoor, dry, withered, sear, = English sear: see sear, • of which sore is a doublet, and sorrel, a diminutive of sore. II. n. from Middle English *sore, sowre, a buck, from Old French sor, French saur (in faucon sor, a sore-falcon, cheval saure, or simply saure, a sorrel horse) = Italian soro, sauro, a sorrel horse, formerly also a sore-falcon: see the adjective Cf. sorrel.
 

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