Synonyms for sore
sɔr, soʊrsore

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1. soreadjective

   Synonyms:
   painful, irritated, susceptible, excoriated, raw, scarified, ulcerous, grievous, afflictive, heavy, burdensome

   Antonyms:
   painless, sound, whole, healthful, healed, unbroken, unscarified, light, trivial, unburdensome, pleasant, untroublesome, grateful

2. sorenoun

   Synonyms:
   pustule, abscess, ulcer

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1. soreadjective

   an open skin infection

   Antonyms:
   pleasant, painless, unangry(p)

2. sensitive, sore, raw, tenderadjective

   hurting

   "the tender spot on his jaw"

   Synonyms:
   stark naked, sensitive, tender, bare-assed, new, sore, fond, cranky, crank, raw, warm, naked as a jaybird, unsanded, natural, peeled, in the altogether, painful, cutting, in the raw, affectionate, crude, mad, tippy, afflictive, bare-ass, raw(a), rude(a), naked, bleak, huffy, lovesome, sensible, untoughened, in the buff

   Antonyms:
   pleasant, painless, unangry(p)

3. afflictive, painful, soreadjective

   causing misery or pain or distress

   "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"

   Synonyms:
   mad, irritating, sensitive, huffy, painful, raw, terrible, unspeakable, tender, awful, afflictive, atrocious, abominable, sore, dreadful

   Antonyms:
   unangry(p), painless, pleasant

4. huffy, mad, soreadjective

   roused to anger

   "stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain; "she gets mad when you wake her up so early"; "mad at his friend"; "sore over a remark"

   Synonyms:
   thin-skinned, huffy, unhinged, delirious, raw, sick, disturbed, feisty, insane, mad, harebrained, unbalanced, brainsick, demented, tender, excited, afflictive, frantic, unrestrained, crazy, sore, sensitive, painful, touchy

   Antonyms:
   painless, pleasant, unangry(p)

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1. sorenoun

   Synonyms:
   ulcer, fester, abscess, imposthume, gathering, boil, pustule

2. soreadjective

   Synonyms:
   painful (from inflammation), tender

3. soreadjective

   Synonyms:
   pained, hurt, grieved

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1. soreadjective

   Synonyms:
   ulcerated, cankered, ulcerous, raw, inflamed, irritated, distressing, grievous, severe, grieved, pained, hurt, sensitive

2. soreadverb

   Synonyms:
   grievously, sorely, severely, greatly

3. sorenoun

   Synonyms:
   ulcer, ulceration, imposthume, pustule, boil, abscess, canker, fester, blain, gathering, (venereal sore) chancre, chancroid

   Associated words:
   antiseptic, slough, proud flesh, poultice, salve, ointment, pledget, spleget

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1. List of paraphrases for "sore":

   wound, painful, sensitive, pain

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1. Tiger Woods:

   If I am at home and have school pick-up and soccer practices, I'm a lot more sore than I am now. But playing at this elite level is a completely different deal. You've got to be spot on. These guys are too good, there are too many guys that are playing well and I'm just not one of them.

2. Latin Proverb:

   Fear not a jest. If one throws salt at you, you will not be harmed unless you have sore places.

3. Bruce Jensen:

   There was one attendee who instead of using a buggy was using his shoulder to carry his clubs, which was a mistake because you can only do that when you are wearing a shirt as it provides a layer of protection, being naked you do not have that protection -- he complained about his shoulder being sore but it was all in good jest.

4. Allen Sills:

   Symptom reporting is more important than ever, vaccinated people may have very different symptoms. Last year, for those who had COVID-19, they might have a high fever and chills and trouble breathing... and with the vaccination they may have only nasal congestion or a mild sore throat or a headache or fatigue.

5. Katharine Whitehorn:

   A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat.