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Synonyms for sore
sɔr, soʊrsore

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. soreadjective

    Synonyms:
    painful, irritated, susceptible, excoriated, raw, scarified, ulcerous, grievous, afflictive, heavy, burdensome

    Antonyms:
    painless, sound, whole, healthful, healed, unbroken, unscarified, light, trivial, unburdensome, pleasant, untroublesome, grateful

  2. sorenoun

    Synonyms:
    pustule, abscess, ulcer

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. soreadjective

    an open skin infection

    Antonyms:
    pleasant, painless, unangry(p)

  2. sensitive, sore, raw, tenderadjective

    hurting

    "the tender spot on his jaw"

    Synonyms:
    stark naked, sensitive, tender, bare-assed, new, fond, cranky, crank, raw, warm, naked as a jaybird, unsanded, natural, peeled, in the altogether, painful, cutting, in the raw, affectionate, crude, mad, tippy, afflictive, bare-ass, raw(a), rude(a), naked, bleak, huffy, lovesome, sensible, untoughened, in the buff

    Antonyms:
    pleasant, painless, unangry(p)

  3. afflictive, painful, soreadjective

    causing misery or pain or distress

    "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"

    Synonyms:
    mad, irritating, sensitive, huffy, painful, raw, terrible, unspeakable, tender, awful, afflictive, atrocious, abominable, dreadful

    Antonyms:
    unangry(p), painless, pleasant

  4. huffy, mad, soreadjective

    roused to anger

    "stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain; "she gets mad when you wake her up so early"; "mad at his friend"; "sore over a remark"

    Synonyms:
    thin-skinned, huffy, unhinged, delirious, raw, sick, disturbed, feisty, insane, mad, harebrained, unbalanced, brainsick, demented, tender, excited, afflictive, frantic, unrestrained, crazy, sensitive, painful, touchy

    Antonyms:
    painless, pleasant, unangry(p)

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. sorenoun

    Synonyms:
    ulcer, fester, abscess, imposthume, gathering, boil, pustule

  2. soreadjective

    Synonyms:
    painful (from inflammation), tender

  3. soreadjective

    Synonyms:
    pained, hurt, grieved

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "sore":

    wound, painful, sensitive, pain

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How to use sore in a sentence?

  1. Dave Martinez:

    My concern is just keeping him on a five-day schedule right now, if he wakes up tomorrow sore or something, he might be held back.

  2. The Wall:

    ‘You come in and you’ve got a bad sore throat, or your child has a bad sore throat or has repeated sore throats,’ PresidentObamaexplained at Wednesday’s press conference. ‘The doctor may look at the reimbursement system and say to himself, ‘You know what? I make a lot more money if I take this kid’s tonsils out,’.

  3. Gary Kubiak:

    Gary Kubiak came in this morning and was a little sore, so we just said,' OK, we'll stop for the weekend and we'll go from there,' so we'll pick back up on Monday.

  4. Joan Lunden:

    Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.

  5. Olivia Amato:

    If I have 20 minutes to spare, I’m going to do a quick HIIT ride, it’s also low-impact, so if I’ve had a really tough week and feel super sore, I’ll just hop on.


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