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sored

Variant of sore

adjective sorer, sorest

    1. giving physical pain; painful; tender: a sore throat
    2. feeling physical pain, as from wounds, bruises, etc.: to be sore all over
    1. filled with sadness, grief, or sorrow; distressed: with a sore heart
    2. causing sadness, grief, misery, or distress: a sore hardship
    3. distressingly intense or bitter; extreme: a sore lack
  1. provocative of irritation or disagreeable feelings: a sore point
  2. Informal angry; offended; feeling hurt or resentful

noun

  1. a sore, usually infected spot on the body, as an ulcer, boil, or blister
  2. a source of pain, irritation, grief, distress, etc.

adverb sorer, sorest

Archaic sorely; greatly

transitive verb sored, soring

☆ to inflict soring on (a horse)

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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