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sore  (sôr, sr)
adj. 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.
n.
1. An open skin lesion, wound, or ulcer.
2. A source of pain, distress, or irritation.
tr.v. sored, sor·ing, sores
To mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait in the animal.
adv. Archaic
Sorely.

[Middle English, from Old English sr.]

soreness n.

sore [sɔː]
adj
1. (Medicine / Pathology) (esp of a wound, injury, etc.) painfully sensitive; tender
2. causing annoyance a sore point
3. resentful; irked he was sore that nobody believed him
4. urgent; pressing in sore need
5. (postpositive) grieved; distressed
6. causing grief or sorrow
n
1. (Medicine / Pathology) a painful or sensitive wound, injury, etc.
2. any cause of distress or vexation
adv
Archaic direly; sorely (now only in such phrases as sore pressed, sore afraid)
[Old English sār; related to Old Norse sārr, Old High German sēr, Gothic sair sore, Latin saevus angry]
soreness  n

Sord, Sore a flight or flock of mallard in the air, 1470. See also safe.
Examples: sord of mallard, 1470; of ducks.

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