sore

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sore/sɔː(r)/
adjective
  • 1 painful or aching.

    ■ suffering pain.

  • 2 informal, chiefly N. Amer. upset and angry.
  • 3 severe; urgent.
noun
  • 1 a raw or painful place on the body.
  • 2 a source of distress or annoyance.
adverb archaic extremely; severely.
– phrases
sore point an issue about which someone feels distressed or annoyed.
stand (or stick) out like a sore thumb be quite obviously different.
– derivatives
soreness noun.
– origin OE sār (n. and adj.), sāre (adv.), of Gmc origin.
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