Definition of sores Sores
/sɔˈɹz/ - [sorz] -
We found 3 definitions of sores from 2 different sources.
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What does sores mean?
Wiktionary 
- sores (Noun)
Plural of sore.
Part of speech
🔤- sores, noun, plural of sore.
WordNet
NounPlural: sores |
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| 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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Wiktionary
- sore (Noun)
An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin. - sore (Adverb)
Very, excessively, extremely of something bad. - sore (Adverb)
Sorely. - sore (Adjective)
Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive. - sore (Adjective)
Dire; distressing. - sore (Adjective)
Feeling animosity towards someone; annoyed or angered.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- 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.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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sore
An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin. -
sore
Irritated and roused to anger.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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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.]
Part of speech
🔤- sore, noun, singular of sores.
- sore, adjective.
