[syn: huffy, mad, sore]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sore \Sore\, a. [F. saure, sore, sor; faucon sor a sore falcon.
See Sorrel, n.]
Reddish brown; sorrel. [R.]
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Sore falcon. (Zool.) See Sore, n., 1.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sore \Sore\, n. (Zool.)
A young hawk or falcon in the first year.
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2. (Zool.) A young buck in the fourth year. See the Note
under Buck.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sore \Sore\, a. [Compar. Sorer; superl. Sorest.] [OE. sor,
sar, AS. s[=a]r; akin to D. zeer, OS. & OHG. s?r, G. sehr
very, Icel. s[=a]rr, Sw. s[*a]r, Goth. sair pain. Cf.
Sorry.]
1. Tender to the touch; susceptible of pain from pressure;
inflamed; painful; -- said of the body or its parts; as, a
sore hand.
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2. Fig.: Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed;
very susceptible of irritation.
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Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious,
and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy.
--Tillotson.
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3. Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore
evil or calamity. --Shak.
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4. Criminal; wrong; evil. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Sore throat (Med.), inflammation of the throat and tonsils;
pharyngitis. See Cynanche.
Malignant sore throat, Ulcerated sore throat or Putrid
sore throat. See Angina, and under Putrid.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sore \Sore\, adv. [AS. s[=a]re. See Sore, a.]
1. In a sore manner; with pain; grievously.
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Thy hand presseth me sore. --Ps. xxxviii.
2.
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2. Greatly; violently; deeply.
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[Hannah] prayed unto the Lord and wept sore. --1
Sam. i. 10.
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Sore sighed the knight, who this long sermon heard.
--Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sore \Sore\, n. [OE. sor, sar, AS. s[=a]r. See Sore, a.]
1. A place in an animal body where the skin and flesh are
ruptured or bruised, so as to be tender or painful; a
painful or diseased place, such as an ulcer or a boil.
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The dogs came and licked his sores. --Luke xvi.
21.
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2. Fig.: Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty. --Chaucer.
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I see plainly where his sore lies. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Gold sore. (Med.) See under Gold, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sore
adj 1: hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw" [syn: sensitive,
sore, raw, tender]
2: causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to
him"; "the painful process of growing up" [syn: afflictive,
painful, sore]
3: roused to anger; "stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain;
"she gets mad when you wake her up so early"; "mad at his
friend"; "sore over a remark" [syn: huffy, mad, sore]
n 1: an open skin infection