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Definition sore

Etymology 1

From Middle English sor, from Old English s?r (“ache, wound”, noun) and s?r (“painful, grievous”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *sair? (noun) (compare Dutch zeer (“sore, ache”), Danish sår (“wound”)), and *sairaz (“sore”, adjective) (compare German sehr (“very”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sh?eyro-, enlargement of *sh?ey- (“to be fierce, afflict”) (compare Hittite [script needed] (s?war, “anger”), Welsh hoed (“pain”), Ancient Greek ??????? (haim?día, “sensation of having teeth on edge”)).

Adjective

sore (comparative sorer, superlative sorest)

  1. Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.
  2. Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.
  3. Dire; distressing.
  4. (informal) Feeling animosity towards someone; annoyed or angered.
  5. (obsolete) Criminal; wrong; evil.
Adverb

sore (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Very, excessively, extremely (of something bad).
  2. Sorely.
Noun

sore (plural sores)

  1. An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.
  2. Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.
Verb

sore (third-person singular simple present sores, present participle soring, simple past and past participle sored)

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

Etymology 2

See sord.

Noun

sore (plural sores)

  1. A group of ducks on land.

Etymology 3

Old French saur, sor, meaning "sorrel; reddish".

Noun

sore (plural sores)

  1. A young hawk or falcon in its first year.
  2. A young buck in its fourth year.

Results 440 Words with the letters SORE

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6 letter words with the letters SORE 
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BEVORS 13
BONERS 10
BOSKER 13
BOURSE 10
BOWERS 12
BOXERS 16
BROMES 12
BROWSE 12
CENSOR 10
CEORLS 10
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CHORES 11
CLOSER 10
CODERS 10
COMERS 12
COPERS 12
CORPSE 12
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COSHER 11
COURSE 10
COVERS 13
COWERS 12
CREDOS 10
CRESOL 10
CRONES 10
CROUSE 10
CROZES 18
DECORS 10
DESORB 10
DOPERS 10
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DOWSER 10
DOZERS 16
DROVES 11
DROWSE 10
EPHORS 11
ESCROW 12
FORCES 12
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FORMES 12
FOYERS 11
FRESCO 12
GOFERS 11
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GREGOS 10
GROPES 11
GROSZE 17
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GYROSE 10
HOMERS 11
HOPERS 11
HORSEY 10
HOVERS 12
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JOSHER 17
KOSHER 12
LOPERS 10
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OCKERS 13
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ROWENS 10
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SMOKER 13
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SOURCE 10
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VERSOS 10
VIREOS 10
VOMERS 13
VOTERS 10
VOWERS 13
WHORES 11
WORSEN 10
WOWSER 12
ZEROES 15
ZONERS 16
ZOSTER 15
5 letter words with the letters SORE 
4 letter words with the letters SORE 
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ROES 4
ROSE 4
SORE 4
3 letter words with the letters SORE 
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ROE 3
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2 letter words with the letters SORE 
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