sorer

Adjective

sore (comparative sorer, superlative sorest)

1. Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.
   • Her feet were sore from walking so far.

   Synonyms:

   aching, smarting, achesome, achy, raw, hurt, hurty, griefful, pained, painfilled

2. Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.
   • Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy.1671, John Tillotson, “Sermon IV. The Advantages of Religion to Particular Persons. Psalm XIX. 11.”, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: […]...

   Synonyms:

   delicate, fragile, tetchy, touchy

3. Dire; distressing.
   • The school was in sore need of textbooks, theirs having been ruined in the flood.
4. (informal) Feeling animosity towards someone; annoyed or angered.
   • Joe was sore at Bob for beating him at checkers.

   Synonyms:

   irked, ratty, annoyed, angry, aggravated, agitated, bothered, exasperated, frustrated, irritable

5. (obsolete) Criminal; wrong; evil.
   • […]and your water is a sore decayer of your whoreson dead body.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

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