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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
Natasha Dye, People.com, 6 May 2025
The color makes the feet look possibly sore even when there’s nothing wrong with them.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 5 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
Daniel More, Verywell Health, 29 Apr. 2025
And Mary has another challenge: her ankle is swollen from a painful open sore that continues to spread.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 20 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
Hudson's involvement in Belichick's life became a sore subject for the legendary NFL coach, who will start his stint with the UNC Tar Heels this season, during a recent interview about the book on CBS Sunday Morning.
—Natasha Dye, People.com, 6 May 2025
The color makes the feet look possibly sore even when there’s nothing wrong with them.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 5 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
Other safety risks include: Bacterial contamination: While honey might have reduced the inflammation of eczema sores in one study, researchers found that some of the sores treated with honey had more bacteria than the untreated sores.
—Daniel More, Verywell Health, 29 Apr. 2025
And Mary has another challenge: her ankle is swollen from a painful open sore that continues to spread.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 20 Apr. 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
Noun
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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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After a year of intense efforts, we are baffled and indignant.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
9 May 2025
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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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“Sore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sore. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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