The meaning of SORE is causing emotional pain or distress. How to use sore in a sentence.

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 …

sore noun [C] (PAINFUL AREA) a painful area on the surface of a body, esp. an infected area (Definition of sore from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

If part of your body is sore, it causes you pain and discomfort. It's years since I've had a sore throat like I did last night. My chest is still sore from the surgery.

Definition of sore adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Associated with painful ideas or feelings; accompanied by grief, anger, mortification, regret, discomfort, or the like; serving as an occasion of bitterness: as, a sore subject.

Pathology physically painful or sensitive, as a wound, hurt, or diseased part: a sore arm. Pathology suffering bodily pain from wounds, bruises, etc., as a person: He is sore because of all that exercise.

A sore is a condition in which a part of the body is painful or aching, often due to an injury, illness, or constant use. It can also refer to an open wound or ulcer on the body that has not healed.

She woke in the morning feeling sore and tired. Her throat was sore and she was sneezing and coughing. Her ribs were sore but no longer painful. You're going to be too sore to walk tomorrow.

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