sore

About 4.97 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.

   Her feet were sore from walking so far.

2. adjective Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.
3. adjective Dire; distressing.

   The school was in sore need of textbooks, theirs having been ruined in the flood.

4. adjective Feeling animosity towards someone; annoyed or angered.

   Joe was sore at Bob for beating him at checkers.

5. adjective Criminal; wrong; evil.
6. adverb Very, excessively, extremely (of something bad).
7. adverb Sorely.
8. noun An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.

   They put ointment and a bandage on the sore.

Similar words

painful afflictive angry huffy unhealthy mad tender unpleasant sensitive raw

Often followed by

throat and throats eyes from point at spot on

Word family

soreness sorenesses sorer sores sorest