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, 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, 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, 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. Cliodna McNulty:

   Most coughs, colds, sore throats, flu and sinus infections are self-limiting and will get better on their own. Antibiotics only improve symptoms by about 8-12 hours.

2. Stephen Baker:

   Cats are notoriously sore losers. Coming in second best, especially to someone as poorly coordinated as a human being, grates their sensibility.

3. Kim Chang-hwan:

   The uncomfortable exchanges in the movie sparked mixed feelings by hitting a sore spot in society and pitting the rich against the poor.

4. Tom DiAngelis:

   As you stretch the tissue for a long period of time, it gets sore, it gets inflamed, the real question... is :' What are the long term effects going to be ?'.

5. Vince Lu:

   One year ago, when we were sick, no matter it was cold, flu or fever, we still went out with friends and ate hotpot together with no problem at all, but now if you have a mild sore throat, when you cough a bit, people next to you will jump ten metres away from you.