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sore

/sɔː/
noun
  1. An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.

    "They put ointment and a bandage on the sore."

  2. Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.

verb
  1. To mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait.

adjective
  1. Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.

    "Her feet were sore from walking so far."

  2. Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.

  3. Dire; distressing.

    "The school was in sore need of textbooks, theirs having been ruined in the flood."

adverb
  1. Very, excessively, extremely (of something bad).

  2. Sorely.

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