Synonyms for sore
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Tender
painful, hurting, hurtful, severe, raw, aching, smarting, sensitive, irritated, irritable, vexatious, distressing, grievous, bruised, angry, inflamed, burned, unpleasant, ulcerated, abscessed, uncomfortable.
*Angry
offended, hurt, resentful, irritated; see angry.
noun
cut, bruise, wound, boil, ulcer, hurt, abscess, gash, stab, gall, soreness, discomfort, injury; see also pain 2.
See sore in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
adjective
Marked by, causing, or experiencing physical pain:
aching, achy, afflictive, hurtful, nagging, painful, smarting. See pain- (Informal)
Feeling or showing anger:
angry, choleric, indignant, mad. Idiom: hot under the collar. See feelings
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