sore
sore is a 4-letter English word with 15 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Reddish brown; sorrel. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. Reddish brown; sorrel.
- noun. A young hawk or falcon in the first year.
- noun. A young buck in the fourth year. See the Note under Buck.
- superlative. Tender to the touch; susceptible of pain from pressure; inflamed; painful; -- said of the body or its parts; as, a sore hand.
- superlative. Fig.: Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.
- superlative. Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity.
- superlative. Criminal; wrong; evil.
- adjective. A place in an animal body where the skin and flesh are ruptured or bruised, so as to be tender or painful; a painful or diseased place, such as an ulcer or a boil.
- adjective. Fig.: Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.
- adjective. In a sore manner; with pain; grievously.
- adjective. Greatly; violently; deeply.
- noun. an open skin infection
- adjective. roused to anger- Mark Twain
"stayed huffy a good while"
"she gets mad when you wake her up so early"
- adjective. hurting
"the tender spot on his jaw"
- adjective. causing misery or pain or distress
"it was a sore trial to him"
"the painful process of growing up"
Synonyms
huffy, mad, raw, sensitive, tender, afflictive, painful
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in sore:
eros, ores, roes, rose, seor, sero
Common word forms
sored, sorer, sores, sorely, sorest, soring, soreness
Words from these letters
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