Definition of sorer Sorer

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Noun Plural: sores
sore - an open skin infection
		infection (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure
		blain an inflammatory swelling or sore
		chancre a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis)
		fester, suppurating sore a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus

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sore (n.)
Reddish brown; sorrel.
sore (n.)
A young hawk or falcon in the first year.
sore (n.)
A young buck in the fourth year. See the Note under Buck.
sore (superl.)
Tender to the touch; susceptible of pain from pressure; inflamed; painful; -- said of the body or its parts; as, a sore hand.
sore (superl.)
Fig.: Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.
sore (superl.)
Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity.
sore (superl.)
Criminal; wrong; evil.
sore (a.)
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.
sore (a.)
Fig.: Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.
sore (a.)
In a sore manner; with pain; grievously.
sore (a.)
Greatly; violently; deeply.

sore
sōr, n. a wounded or diseased spot on an animal body: an ulcer or boil: (B.) grief, affliction.—adj. wounded: tender: susceptible of pain: easily pained or grieved: bringing sorrow or regret: severe, violent, intense: wretched.—adv. painfully: grievously: severely, thoroughly.—n. Sore′head (U.S.), a person discontented with the reward for his political services.—adj. Sore′headed.—adv. Sore′ly, in a sore manner: grievously.—n. Sore′ness. [A.S. sár; Ger. sehr, very, Ice. sárr, sore.]
sore
sōr, n. (Spens.) a hawk of the first year: (Shak.) a buck of the fourth year. [O. Fr. saur, sor, sorrel, reddish.]