Synonyms for SORE
sɔr, soʊrsore

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 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

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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, sore, 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, sore, 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, sore, sensitive, painful, touchy

   Antonyms:
   painless, pleasant, unangry(p)

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1. sorenoun

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

2. soreadjective

   Synonyms:
   painful (from inflammation), tender

3. soreadjective

   Synonyms:
   pained, hurt, grieved

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1. soreadjective

   Synonyms:
   ulcerated, cankered, ulcerous, raw, inflamed, irritated, distressing, grievous, severe, grieved, pained, hurt, sensitive

2. soreadverb

   Synonyms:
   grievously, sorely, severely, greatly

3. sorenoun

   Synonyms:
   ulcer, ulceration, imposthume, pustule, boil, abscess, canker, fester, blain, gathering, (venereal sore) chancre, chancroid

   Associated words:
   antiseptic, slough, proud flesh, poultice, salve, ointment, pledget, spleget

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1. List of paraphrases for "sore":

   wound, painful, sensitive, pain

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1. Vincent Zhou:

   It felt like a mild cold. I think the worst thing was probably a sore throat and some congestion. Like, that was the worst of it.

2. Tania Dempsey:

   If you don't feel well or drank alcohol the night before and didn't drink enough water, or your muscles are still sore from yesterday’s workout,take the day off and rest, your body and your muscles will thank you.

3. Tiger Woods:

   Well, I'm sore. I know that is for a fact, we'll do some work and see how it goes.

4. 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.

5. Bruce Jensen:

   There was one attendee who instead of using a buggy was using his shoulder to carry his clubs, which was a mistake because you can only do that when you are wearing a shirt as it provides a layer of protection, being naked you do not have that protection -- he complained about his shoulder being sore but it was all in good jest.