Dictionary

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

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

Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.

To mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait.

Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.

Example: Her feet were sore from walking so far.

Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.

Dire; distressing.

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

Feeling animosity towards someone; annoyed or angered.

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

Very, excessively, extremely (of something bad).

Sorely.

A group of ducks on land.

A young hawk or falcon in its first year.

A young buck in its fourth year.