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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

sore
     adj 1: hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw" [syn: sensitive, tender]
     2: causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to
        him"; "the painful process of growing up" [syn: afflictive,
         painful]
     3: (informal) 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" [syn: huffy, mad]
     4: inflamed and painful; "his throat was raw"; "had a sore
        throat" [syn: raw]
     n : an open skin infection

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Sore \Sore\, n. [OE. sor, sar, AS. s[=a]r. See Sore, a.]
   1. 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.

            The dogs came and licked his sores.   --Luke xvi.
                                                  21.

   2. Fig.: Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty. --Chaucer.

            I see plainly where his sore lies.    --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

   Gold sore. (Med.) See under Gold, n.
Sore \Sore\, a. [F. saure, sore, sor; faucon sor a sore falcon.
   See Sorrel, n.]
   Reddish brown; sorrel. [R.]

   Sore falcon. (Zo["o]l.) See Sore, n., 1.
Sore \Sore\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   A young hawk or falcon in the first year.

   2. (Zo["o]l.) A young buck in the fourth year. See the Note
      under Buck.
Sore \Sore\, adv. [AS. s[=a]re. See Sore, a.]
   1. In a sore manner; with pain; grievously.

            Thy hand presseth me sore.            --Ps. xxxviii.
                                                  2.

   2. Greatly; violently; deeply.

            [Hannah] prayed unto the Lord and wept sore. --1
                                                  Sam. i. 10.

            Sore sighed the knight, who this long sermon heard.
                                                  --Dryden.
Sore \Sore\, a. [Compar. Sorer; superl. Sorest.] [OE. sor,
   sar, AS. s[=a]r; akin to D. zeer, OS. & OHG. s?r, G. sehr
   very, Icel. s[=a]rr, Sw. s[*a]r, Goth. sair pain. Cf.
   Sorry.]
   1. Tender to the touch; susceptible of pain from pressure;
      inflamed; painful; -- said of the body or its parts; as, a
      sore hand.

   2. Fig.: 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.
                                                  --Tillotson.

   3. Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore
      evil or calamity. --Shak.

   4. Criminal; wrong; evil. [Obs.] --Shak.

   Sore throat (Med.), inflammation of the throat and tonsils;
      pharyngitis. See Cynanche.

   Malignant, Ulcerated or Putrid, sore throat. See
      Angina, and under Putrid.