sore

Definitions

1. 1.(Zoöl.) A young buck in the fourth year. See the Note under Buck.
2. 2.Tender to the touch; susceptible of pain from pressure; inflamed; painful; -- said of the body or its parts; as, a sore hand.
3. 3.Fig.: Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation. Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy. Tillotson.
4. 4.Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity. Shak.
5. 5.Criminal; wrong; evil. [Obs.] Shak. Sore throat (Med.), inflammation of the throat and tonsils; pharyngitis. See Cynanche. -- Malignant, Ulcerated or Putrid, sore throat. See Angina, and under Putrid.
6. 6.A place in an animal body where the skin and flesh are ruptured or bruised, so as to be tender or painful; a painful or diseased place, such as an ulcer or a boil. The dogs came and licked his sores. Luke xvi.
7. 7.2. Fig.: Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty. Chaucer. I see plainly where his sore lies. Sir W. Scott. Gold sore. (Med.) See under Gold, n.
8. 8.In a sore manner; with pain; grievously. Thy hand presseth me sore. Ps. xxxviii.
9. 9.2. Greatly; violently; deeply. [Hannah] prayed unto the Lord and wept sore. 1 Sam. i.
10. 10.Sore sighed the knight, who this long sermon heard. Dryden.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is sore.

• What is a young buck in the fourth year. See the Note under Buck called?
• What is tender to the touch; susceptible of pain from pressure; inflamed; painful; -- said of the body or its parts; as, a sore hand called?
• What is fig.: Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation. Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy. Tillotson called?
• What is severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity. Shak called?
• What is criminal; wrong; evil. [Obs.] Shak. Sore throat (Med.), inflammation of the throat and tonsils; pharyngitis. See Cynanche. -- Malignant, Ulcerated or Putrid, sore throat. See Angina, and under Putrid called?
• What is 2. Fig.: Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty. Chaucer. I see plainly where his sore lies. Sir W. Scott. Gold sore. (Med.) See under Gold, n called?
• What is in a sore manner; with pain; grievously. Thy hand presseth me sore. Ps. xxxviii called?
• What is 2. Greatly; violently; deeply. [Hannah] prayed unto the Lord and wept sore. 1 Sam. i called?
• What is sore sighed the knight, who this long sermon heard. Dryden called?