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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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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
Simon Abrams, HollywoodReporter, 25 Apr. 2025
Boost Recovery Tape It: Many athletes and trainers swear by kinesiology tape for sore or painful spots.
—Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan, Outside Online, 11 Apr. 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
Alice Park, Time, 10 Apr. 2025
Sometimes, people with an oral HPV infection develop warts or lesions (sores) on their tongue.
—Laura Dorwart, Verywell Health, 24 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
The duo do not have sore feelings about the Until Dawn movie.
—Simon Abrams, HollywoodReporter, 25 Apr. 2025
Boost Recovery Tape It: Many athletes and trainers swear by kinesiology tape for sore or painful spots.
—Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan, Outside Online, 11 Apr. 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
All of these people might have weaker immune systems or are more prone to skin sores or lesions—a main risk factor for invasive strep.
—Alice Park, Time, 10 Apr. 2025
Sometimes, people with an oral HPV infection develop warts or lesions (sores) on their tongue.
—Laura Dorwart, Verywell Health, 24 Feb. 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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If an extended trade war with China leads to higher prices and shortages of key goods for Americans, an angry public could throw out some Republicans, handing control of the House and even possibly the Senate to Democrats.—
Ann Scott Tyson,
Christian Science Monitor,
9 May 2025
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That's the tipping point, and Austin breaks up the bromance, leaving Craig lost and angry and eager to prove himself as a cool dude worth hanging out with.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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These final years are sometimes treated as a lost period, because Twain’s writing grew bitter and cynical and unpalatable to those more interested in pleasing escapades.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
9 May 2025
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What makes Kennedy’s order especially cynical is that designing and implementing a clinical trial is an extraordinarily complex, costly and time-consuming process.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2025
Adverb
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The Celtics are doing that and shooting terribly, following up a 25 percent 3-point shooting performance in Game 1 with a 25 percent performance in Game 2.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
8 May 2025
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Listen to this article 2 min Boston Celtics legend Paul Pierce will be getting his steps in after his Game 2 Celtics-Knicks prediction ended terribly for him.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2025
Noun
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Stash a pair in your carry-on to help prevent swelling and that heavy-leg feeling while flying.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
9 May 2025
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However, once her swelling went down, the shape of her earlobes bounced back to normal.—
Hedy Phillips,
People.com,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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These solutions have chemicals in them that make the warts go away.1 Never use over-the-counter medications for warts on the hands or feet to treat genital warts.—
Kelly Burch Published,
Verywell Health,
6 May 2025
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More than simply offering a nostalgic taste of home, the Vietnamese arrival in Orange County reaches far beyond the borders of Little Saigon and Orange County, enriching Southern California, the Golden State, and indeed, the very nation, warts and all, that became their new home.—
Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The alternative — a world in which the United States and China no longer engage in trade — could be economically painful and destabilizing.—
Alan Rappeport,
New York Times,
10 May 2025
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Appearance: The condition starts as small, extremely painful blisters on your shins (and sometimes your arms).—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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Before the arrest, some indignant residents took to social media to speculate about a possible motive — alleging without proof that unscrupulous developers or even the city itself may have orchestrated the acts.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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And the prime minister of Greenland, Mute B. Egede, said in an indignant statement that there would be no meetings between U.S. officials and Greenland’s government.—
Tim Balk,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Sore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sore. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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