sore

CEFRB1

/sɔː/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Painful or tender, especially after injury or effort.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Dire; distressing.

Examples

  • I have a sore throat because of too much smoking.

  • I have a very sore arm where you hit me.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /soɹ/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

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

  2. Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.

  3. Feeling animosity towards someone; annoyed or angered.

More examples

In context

  • Symptoms include a headache and sore throat.

  • Her feet were sore from walking so far.

  • Joe was sore at Bob for beating him at checkers.

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English sor, from Old English sār (“ache, wound”, noun) and sār (“painful, grievous”, adjective), from Proto-West Germanic *sair, from Proto-Germanic *sairaz (adjective) from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂iro-, enlargement of *seh₂y- (“to be fierce, afflict”). See also Dutch zeer (“sore, ache”), Danish sår (“wound”), German sehr (“very”); also Hittite [script needed] (sāwar, “anger”), Welsh hoed (“pain”), Ancient Greek αἱμωδία (haimōdía, “sensation of having teeth on edge”).