| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  sôr, s r |
| ADJECTIVE: | Inflected forms: sor·er, sor·est
1. Painful to the touch; tender. 2. Feeling physical pain; hurting: sore all over. 3. Causing misery, sorrow, or distress; grievous: in sore need. 4. Causing embarrassment or irritation: a sore subject. 5. Full of distress; sorrowful. 6. Informal Angry; offended. | | NOUN: | 1. An open skin lesion, wound, or ulcer. 2. A source of pain, distress, or irritation. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: sored, sor·ing, sores
To mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait in the animal. | | ADVERB: | Archaic Sorely. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old English s r. | | OTHER FORMS: | sore ness —NOUN
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