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as in aching
causing or feeling bodily pain
my legs are sore after that long walk yesterday
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as in angry
feeling or showing anger
promise not to get sore if I tell you what I really think of your new hairstyle?
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3
as in cynical
having or showing deep-seated resentment
he's been sore ever since she insulted him
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as in terribly
to a great degree
I was sore afraid we'd never make it home
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as in swelling
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Recent Examples of sore
John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
Asking for fairness One lingering sore spot around remote work is the disparity between different state workers.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2025
Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Oct. 2023
For the Pacers, All-Star point guard Tyrese Haliburton (knee bruise), center Myles Turner (sore back) and backup point guard T.J. McConnell (sore back) are each questionable to play.
—Detroit Free Press, 11 Mar. 2023
Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
Immunotherapy does not have side effects associated with chemotherapy such as hair loss or mouth sores.
—Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 12 May 2025
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Adjective
Rodriguez, the easy winner of the Wood Memorial, was supposed to run in the Kentucky Derby but scratched because of a sore hoof.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
Asking for fairness One lingering sore spot around remote work is the disparity between different state workers.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2025
Adverb
Eventually, an infection in the sore reached Figueroa’s hip bone.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Oct. 2023
For the Pacers, All-Star point guard Tyrese Haliburton (knee bruise), center Myles Turner (sore back) and backup point guard T.J. McConnell (sore back) are each questionable to play.
—Detroit Free Press, 11 Mar. 2023
Noun
At almost every turn, they were guarded, held at gunpoint and kept in such deplorable conditions that one of them developed countless sores, another could not walk and a third had serious health conditions that went untreated.
—Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
Immunotherapy does not have side effects associated with chemotherapy such as hair loss or mouth sores.
—Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sore
Adjective
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Somebody Somewhere is tiny: a gorgeous, introspective, intimate story about a woman with devastatingly mundane problems whose chief obstacle is her own aching sense of grief and dislocation.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
9 Dec. 2024
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In this novel about the shape-shifting nature of love, Parsons captures Kit’s grief in aching and honest terms.—
Annabel Gutterman,
TIME,
6 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Late in the second half, with Arminia three goals down, the travelling fans were so angry that Fabian Klos, the club legend from whom Corboz inherited the captaincy, had to persuade them not to invade the pitch.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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Parents and students said a substitute teacher chased, choked and hit a student after becoming angry in a fourth grade classroom at Meadowview.—
Samantha Moilanen,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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Is this a cynical attempt to rescue their party from a political free fall?—
John Opdycke,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 May 2025
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And so Lee’s reinterpretation strains to leave us on a high instead of a low, as befits the finale of an update so compellingly eager to flip the script on one of Kurosawa’s most cynical films.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
19 May 2025
Adverb
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That number is not terribly surprising, given that the La Mesa medical facility treated the 10th-most acute strokes in the state and handled the largest volume in San Diego County in 2023, according to state data.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 May 2025
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The wine list is strikingly good and (also strikingly) not terribly expensive.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
18 May 2025
Noun
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Most kids will recover from measles, but infection can lead to dangerous complications such as pneumonia, blindness, brain swelling and death.—
DEVI SHASTRI,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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For the first time in years, the swelling and pain disappeared.—
Suzy Katz,
Health,
16 May 2025
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This is the Writer’s Draft, warts and all—which came in at a bloated 81 pages.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
20 May 2025
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Knowing your real culture—warts and all—is a prerequisite to changing anything meaningfully.—
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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Their boyfriends, meanwhile, suffer the painful indignities of paper cutters, buzzsaws, and other sharp objects.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
23 May 2025
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Manu diving can hurt The researchers caution that the manu maneuver is not only difficult but can be risky and painful.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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The reaction from agency and network veterans was swift and indignant.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
7 May 2025
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After a year of intense efforts, we are baffled and indignant.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
9 May 2025
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“Sore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sore. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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