Sores

Synonyms for "sores" (460 found)

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Closest matches (92)

Strong matches (138)

check cheerless chilblain chill chills chip choleric clashing cold sore colic colliding comfortless concussion conflicting constipation convulsion coughing crack crackle cramp

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Adjective(27 words)

cheesed off choleric cross delicate enraged exasperated fit to be tied fragile frustrated fuming furibund furious fury glimflashy griefful have it in for hold a grudge hopping mad hot and bothered hurt

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hurty ill-natured incensed infuriated instant irate ired

Adjective(1 words)

huffy

Related words (230)

ireful irked irritated irritation itching jaundice joyless kibe labored breathing laceration lamentable lesion livid low blood pressure lumbago mad malevolent malicious malignant marasmus

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mortal wound mournful moving mutilation nasal discharge nasty blow nausea necrosis onerous oppressive pain painful pang papula papule paralysis paronychia parulis passion pathetic peeved petechia pile piles pimple pissed pissed-off piteous pitiable pock poignant polyp pressing prickly pruritus puncture pustule quarrelsome rancorous rankled rankling rash raw rawness red regrettable rent repugnant resentful resenting rheum riled riled up rip rising rueful run rupture sad saddening scab scald sclerosis scorch scrape scratch scratchy scuff second-degree burn seizure sensitiveness serious set against severe sharp shock skin eruption slash smarting sneezing soft chancre sore spot soreness sorrowful spasm spiteful splenetic stab stab wound stewing stigma stinging stress stress of life stroke sty suffering suppuration swelling tabes tachycardia tear tender tender spot tenderness third-degree burn thorny throes ticked off ticklish tingling touching touchy trauma trouble troublesome tubercle tumor ulcer ulceration uncomfortable upset upset stomach urgent venomous vertigo vexed virulent vitriolic vomiting wale wasting welt wheal whelk whitlow woebegone woeful worked up wound wounds immedicable wrathful wrathy wrench wretched wroth wrought up wrought-up

Adjective(49 words)

ireful irked irritable irritated little mad livid mad mad as a bear with a sore head p'd off pained painfilled painful pathetic peed off peeved pestered pissed pissed off pissy po'd

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Adjective(5 words)

mad painful raw sensitive tender

Adverb(8 words)

mightily murrain positively simply the house down very wicked wickedly

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Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The nurses turned the patient regularly in order to prevent pressure sores.

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Don't scratch the sores.

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I have sores in my mouth that make it hard for me to eat.

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You're covered in sores.

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