Complete Definition of "sore"

English
wikipedia|Sore

Pronunciation
enPR|/sô(r)/, /so�r/, IPA|/s��(r)/, SAMPA|/sO:(r)/
audio|en-us-sore.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology
OE. s�r.

Adjective
en-adj|sor|er|est

  1. Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.

#: Her feet were sore from walking so far.

  1. Feeling animosity towards; annoyed or angered.

#: Joe was sore at Bob for beating him at checkers.

  1. dire|Dire; distressing.

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

Translations
trans-top|causing pain
French: t+|fr|douloureux
German: t-|de|wund
Italian: doloroso, dolorante, infiammato, ...fa male (...is sore)
Irish: t-|ga|tinn|xs=Irish
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Old English: t-|ang|wund|xs=Old English
Portuguese: t+|pt|doloroso|m
Scots: sair#Scots|sair
Scottish Gaelic: goirt
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trans-top|annoyed
German: t+|de|sauer
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trans-top|dire, distressing
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Adverb
en-adv

  1. archaic sorely|Sorely.

#* 1919: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jungle Tales of Tarzan 1
#*: ...[they] were often sore pressed to follow the trail at all, and at best were so delayed that in the afternoon of the second day, they still had not overhauled the fugitive.

Noun
en-noun

  1. An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.

#: They put ointment and a bandage on the sore.

Translations
trans-top|injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin
French: t+|fr|plaie
Italian: t-|it|piaga|f, t+|it|ferita|f, t+|it|ulcera|f
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Russian: бол��ка (bol'á�ka) f, �ана (rána) f, �зва (jázva) f
Scottish Gaelic: creuchd f, lot#Scottish Gaelic|lot m, puthar m
Spanish: t-|es|llaga|f
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See also
blister
lesion
ulcer

Category:English concrete nouns
Category:Medical signs and symptoms


Indonesian

Noun
sore

  1. afternoon

Category:Indonesian nouns


Istro-Romanian

Etymology
L.|ruo term|sol|s�l|lang=la

Noun
infl|ruo|noun|g=m|definite singular|sorele|plural|sori

  1. sun

Japanese

Noun
ja-noun|r|hira=��

  1. that, there

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