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sore

/sɔː/ · noun

Meaning

  1. An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.
  2. Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.
  3. To mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait.
  4. Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.
  5. Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.
  6. Dire; distressing.
  7. Feeling animosity towards someone; annoyed or angered.
  8. Criminal; wrong; evil.
  9. Very, excessively, extremely (of something bad).
  10. Sorely.
  11. A group of ducks on land.
  12. A young hawk or falcon in its first year.
  13. A young buck in its fourth year.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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