sore

/sɔ:/

Thân thiện

My throat is sore from cheering at the game.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Physically painful or tender: Describing a part of the body that is painful, sensitive, or inflamed, often from injury, overuse, or infection.
   • Causing emotional pain or distress: Referring to something that causes mental anguish, annoyance, or resentment.
   • Severe or intense: Used to describe something that is extreme, grievous, or a source of great difficulty.

2. Noun:

   • A painful or injured spot on the body: A localized area of skin or flesh that is raw, inflamed, or infected, such as a cut, ulcer, or blister.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:

  • My muscles are sore after yesterday's workout. (Describing physical pain.)
  • He is still sore about losing the game. (Describing emotional upset or resentment.)
  • The loss of funding was a sore blow to the research team. (Describing a severe or distressing event.)

• Noun:

  • She has a cold sore on her lip. (Referring to a specific skin lesion.)
  • The medicine is for treating mouth sores. (Referring to ulcers in the mouth.)

Advanced Usage

• "A sight for sore eyes": A person or thing that one is extremely pleased or relieved to see.

  • After a long journey, my bed was a sight for sore eyes.

• "Like a bear with a sore head": To be very irritable, bad-tempered, or grumpy.

  • Don't ask him for a favor this morning; he's like a bear with a sore head.

• "A sore point/subject": A topic that causes someone annoyance, distress, or embarrassment.

  • His failed business venture is still a sore point for him.

Variants and Related Words

• Sorely (adverb): Extremely, greatly, or painfully.
  • He will be sorely missed.
• Soreness (noun): The state or quality of being sore.
  • The soreness in her legs lasted for days.

Synonyms

• Adjective (painful): Achy, tender, inflamed, painful.
• Adjective (upset): Angry, annoyed, resentful, aggrieved, irritated.
• Noun: Lesion, ulcer, wound, abrasion.

Related Phrases

• To stick/stand out like a sore thumb: To be very obvious or conspicuous in an undesirable way.

  • His formal suit stuck out like a sore thumb at the casual beach party.

• To reopen old sores: To revive past hurts or painful memories.

  • Bringing up that argument will only reopen old sores.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. 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
2. causing misery or pain or distress
   • it was a sore trial to him
   • the painful process of growing up
3. hurting
   • the tender spot on his jaw

Noun

1. an open skin infection

Từ đồng nghĩa

• huffy
• mad
• afflictive
• painful
• sensitive
• raw
• tender