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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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sore

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adverb

sore

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noun

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Recent Examples of sore
Adjective
Nigel has a sore on his lower lip, and David has one on his upper lip. Rob Reiner, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025 Side effects included extreme fatigue, nausea, mouth sores, and hair loss. Amber, who had always worn her blonde hair long, cut off 12 inches to prepare. Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
Adverb
With three intensities for both kneading and air compression settings, this massager can relieve sore muscles and soothe aches on the spot. Emma Ashe, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2025 The downhill knee-crunch, the backpack-lower back train wreck, the way your neck feels like a wire cable after carrying a load all day, and every flavor of sore and achy feet are real. Kate Pitts, Outside, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
Goldschmidt’s Back Paul Goldschmidt (sore back) received treatment on Tuesday after exiting Monday’s game early. Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2025 Overall, the Bear Elite Hybrid is a solid pick for sleepers who wake up sore in the lower back area, thanks to the bed’s high-gauge support coils in the center of the bed that hold up the lumbar area. Kells McPhillips, SELF, 26 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for sore
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sore
Adjective
  • In this aching, unorthodox historical drama, Davies tells the story of the pacifist poet and veteran Siegfried Sassoon, whose experiences fighting in the First World War forever transformed him.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Braxton shares an aching need to be vulnerable only to realize by album’s end that such unions can result in horrible betrayal, her words of lament surrounded by swelling, lush orchestration.
    Clarence A. Haynes July 3, Literary Hub, 3 July 2025
Adjective
  • The angry mob looted the homes of customs agents, harassed those agents’ families, and even burned a small pleasure boat belonging to one unfortunate tax collector on the Common.
    Time, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The way the story goes, Floyd made Captain Ben Winters angry.
    Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Anyone proposing to offer a master class on changing the world for the better, without becoming negative, cynical, angry or narrow-minded in the process, could model their advice on the life and work of pioneering animal behavior scholar Jane Goodall.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The reason is simple, if cynical.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 30 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Not terribly long ago, Spanish restaurants were abundant in this part of Manhattan, but a good number have died off in recent years.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Immediate forgiveness – a message of letting go of the anger that comes with being so terribly wronged – has a familiar sound to those who have been following a frighteningly violent news cycle.
    Andy Rose, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The extract of horse chestnut seeds can have medical uses to prevent swelling caused by poor blood circulation because of the nut's blood-thinning properties.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • His visit to the doctor comes after Trump in July was diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency that has resulted in visible swelling in his lower legs near his ankles.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • After 11 of its first 14 red-zone scores were touchdowns entering Saturday, Mizzou’s old wart popped up early against South Carolina.
    Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Still, that trade-up will go down as the biggest wart on both Shanahan’s and Lynch’s résumé.
    Dianna Russini, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Mario Vuskovic’s suspension in 2022 was part of that struggle, another painful situation to overcome.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • In place of pesky underwire — which is uncomfortable at best, and downright painful at its worst — the bra uses a sturdy elastic band and adjustable straps to provide comfortable support.
    Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Still, Waits' daughter was indignant.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Colts fans lashed out at the Indianapolis team, as well, and The Cincinnati Enquirer ran an indignant letter to the editor demanding an apology from the Bengals owner for failing to recognize Kirk and pledging to boycott until then.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2025

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