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sorer

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  1. Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.“Her feet were sore from walking so far.”
  2. Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.
  3. Dire; distressing.“The school was in sore need of textbooks, theirs having been ruined in the flood.”
  4. Feeling animosity towards someone; annoyed or angered.“Joe was sore at Bob for beating him at checkers.”

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