Synonyms for sore

Grammar : Adj

Spell : sawr, sohr

Phonetic Transcription : sɔr, soʊr

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Définition of sore

Origin : Old English sar "painful, grievous, aching, sad, wounding," influenced in meaning by Old Norse sarr "sore, wounded," from Proto-Germanic *saira- "suffering, sick, ill" (cf. Old Frisian sar "painful," Middle Dutch seer, Dutch zeer "sore, ache," Old High German ser "painful," Gothic sair "pain, sorrow, travail"), from PIE root *sai- (1) "suffering" (cf. Old Irish saeth "pain, sickness").
Adverbial use (e.g. sore afraid) is from Old English sare but has mostly died out (replaced by sorely), but remains the main meaning of German cognate sehr "very." Slang meaning "angry, irritated" is first recorded 1738.

adj hurt physically
adj angry; hurt mentally

Example sentences :

The horses are all very tired, and many of them have sore backs.
Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest

To consider these evils, to find their remedy, is the most sore necessity of our times.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

Brother Mark of the Spicarium is sore smitten with a fever and could not come.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Evidently the Street and all that pertained was a sore subject.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

His mind refused to work out the problem; his side was so sore.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

Get up here and dance, and don't sit there like a bear nursing a sore paw.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

My head was bandaged, and most of the hair had been cut off in front I was stiff and sore all over me.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

Only I'd be sorry to have you sore on Kellogg for saddling me on you.
Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

My heart was sore at the idea of leaving France, for many sorrowful reasons.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

She pecked on his nose, which by now, what of previous adventures was sore.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

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