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See definition of sore on Dictionary.com
  • adj.in pain
  • adj.angry; hurt mentally

synonyms for sore

  • aching
  • bruised
  • hurting
  • inflamed
  • painful
  • sharp
  • tender
  • uncomfortable
  • acute
  • annoying
  • burning
  • extreme
  • raw
  • sensitive
  • smarting
  • abscessed
  • afflicted
  • burned
  • chafed
  • critical
  • distressing
  • hurtful
  • irritated
  • pained
  • reddened
  • severe
  • ulcerated
  • unpleasant
  • vexatious
See also synonyms for: soreness / sorest
On this page you'll find 98 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sore, such as: aching, bruised, hurting, inflamed, painful, and sharp.

antonyms for sore

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  • painless
  • well
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How to use sore in a sentence

The lack of access has been a sore point within the SEC for the past decade.
HOW TESLA LED THE WAY FOR CHINESE RIVAL XPENG’S $1.5 BILLION IPOEAMONBARRETTAUGUST 28, 2020FORTUNE
The man had a fever, cough, sore throat and headache for three days in March.
A HONG KONG MAN GOT THE NEW CORONAVIRUS TWICEERIN GARCIA DE JESUSAUGUST 26, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
The first time the man was infected, he had a fever, cough, sore throat and headache for three days.
A MAN IN HONG KONG IS THE FIRST CONFIRMED CASE OF CORONAVIRUS REINFECTIONERIN GARCIA DE JESUSAUGUST 24, 2020SCIENCE NEWS
The volunteers who got it developed sore arms and other side effects that wouldn’t give away that they had not received the coronavirus vaccine.
NEW COVID-19 VACCINES SHOW PROMISE IN PEOPLETINA HESMAN SAEYJULY 24, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
The meningococcal vaccine is safe and was used as a comparison group instead of a placebo so that volunteers got sore arms and other side effects that wouldn’t give away that they were in a comparison group.
COVID-19 VACCINES BY OXFORD, CANSINO AND PFIZER ALL TRIGGER IMMUNE RESPONSESTINA HESMAN SAEYJULY 21, 2020SCIENCE NEWS
The Father had been in sore straits of mind, as month after month had passed without tidings of his "blessed child."
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON
She is a model of the Brisk—the little Brisk that was sore exposed that day at Navarino.
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Leo flushed, and began again with a sore throat and a bad temper.
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Jess, whose heart was still sore from the blow she had received at Mr. Closewicks grocery, thought this was very kind of Griff.
THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH ON THE STAGEGERTRUDE W. MORRISON
And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly amazed, and sore troubled.
HIS LAST WEEKWILLIAM E. BARTON
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO SORE

  • achy
  • hurtful
  • hurting
  • nagging
  • raw
  • smarting
  • sore
  • stinging
  • tender
  • throbbing
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.