Sore

//sɔː//

Synonyms for "sore" (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

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

9 relation types

More general

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infection

Synonyms

3 entries

afflictive huffy sensitive

Related terms

3 entries

blister lesion ulcer

capable of

1 entries

forming scab

derived

27 entries

canker sore cold sore desert sore fuck sore like a bear with a sore head mad as a bear with a sore head oriental sore pressure sore running sore saddle sore sight for sore eyes sore boob means more boob sore eyes sore loser sore point sore throat

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etymologically related_to

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sord

is a

1 entries

infection

related to

34 entries

ache angered animosity annoyed blister bruised buck dire discomfort diseased distress duck excessively extremely falcon gait

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similar

3 entries

angry painful unpleasant

Translations

153 translations across 58 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ἕλκος noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

Ao

1 entries

komo (Chungli) noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

Arabic

3 entries

مُؤْلِم adj (causing pain)
مُوجِع adj (causing pain)
سَعْفَة noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

Armenian

1 entries

խոց noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

Belarusian

3 entries

балю́чы adj (causing pain)
бо́лька noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)
ра́на noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

Bengali

1 entries

জখম noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

Bulgarian

4 entries

бо́лен adj (causing pain)
боле́знен adj (causing pain)
отча́ян adj (dire, distressing)
чувстви́телен adj (sensitive; tender)

Catalan

3 entries

adolorit adj (causing pain)
desesperant adj (dire, distressing)
penós adj (dire, distressing)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

酸 adj (causing pain)
瘡 /疮 noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

Czech

1 entries

bolavý adj (causing pain)

Danish

2 entries

sår adj (causing pain)
øm adj (causing pain)

Dutch

4 entries

erbarmelijk adj (dire, distressing)
pijnlijk adj (causing pain)
wanhopig adj (dire, distressing)
wond noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

Esperanto

3 entries

lezo noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)
skrapvundo noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)
ulcero noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

Finnish

4 entries

arka adj (causing pain)
kipeä adj (causing pain)
kipeä adj (dire, distressing)
haava noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

French

4 entries

douloureux adj (causing pain)
désespérant adj (dire, distressing)
pénible adj (dire, distressing)
plaie noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

Galician

1 entries

chaga noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

Georgian

4 entries

მტკივანი adj (causing pain)
იარა noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)
ჩირქი noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)
წყლული noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

German

4 entries

empfindlich adj (sensitive; tender)
entzündet adj (causing pain)
händeringend adj (dire, distressing)
schlimm adj (causing pain)

Greek

4 entries

βασανιστικός adj (dire, distressing)
επώδυνος adj (causing pain)
πονεμένος adj (causing pain)
έλκος noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

Hawaiian

1 entries

ʻeha adj (causing pain)

Hindi

4 entries

सूजन adj (causing pain)
सूजन adj (sensitive; tender)
फुड़िया noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)
फोड़ा noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

Hungarian

4 entries

fáj adj (causing pain)
fájdalmas adj (causing pain)
fájó adj (causing pain)
kényes adj (sensitive; tender)

Ingrian

3 entries

kippiä adj (causing pain)
haava noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)
raana noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

Irish

1 entries

tinn adj (causing pain)

Italian

4 entries

...fa male adj (causing pain)
dolorante adj (causing pain)
doloroso adj (causing pain)
infiammato adj (causing pain)

Japanese

4 entries

痛い adj (causing pain)
痛ましい adj (causing pain)
爛れ noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)
瘡 noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

Khmer

2 entries

ឈឺ adj (causing pain)
ដំបៅ noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

Korean

2 entries

아프다 adj (causing pain)
상처 noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

Lao

1 entries

ເຈັບ adj (causing pain)

Latin

1 entries

ulcus noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

Macedonian

1 entries

болен adj (causing pain)

Malay

1 entries

lenguh-lenguh adj (causing pain)

Mongolian

2 entries

өвдөж байгаа adj (causing pain)
өвчтэй adj (causing pain)

Māori

4 entries

mamae adj (causing pain)
pāwera adj (sensitive; tender)
ipuipu noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)
keha noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

Navajo

1 entries

łóód noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

sår adj (causing pain)
øm adj (causing pain)

Nyunga

1 entries

bidjee adj (causing pain)

Old English

1 entries

wund adj (causing pain)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

یاره noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

Persian

1 entries

دَردناک adj (causing pain)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Schlems noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

Polish

2 entries

bolący adj (causing pain)
obolały adj (causing pain)

Portuguese

2 entries

dolorido adj (causing pain)
chaga noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

Romanian

3 entries

dureros adj (causing pain)
sensibil adj (causing pain)
plagă noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

Russian

4 entries

боле́зненный adj (causing pain)
больно́й adj (causing pain)
отча́янный adj (dire, distressing)
чувстви́тельный adj (sensitive; tender)

Scots

1 entries

sair adj (causing pain)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

goirt adj (causing pain)
creuchd noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)
lot noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)
puthar noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

bȏlan adj (causing pain)
бо̑лан adj (causing pain)

Slovak

1 entries

boľavý adj (causing pain)

Slovene

1 entries

boleč adj (causing pain)

Spanish

2 entries

dolorido adj (causing pain)
llaga noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

Swahili

1 entries

kidonda noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

Swedish

1 entries

öm adj (causing pain)

Thai

3 entries

เจ็บ adj (causing pain)
แผล noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)
แผลเปื่อย noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

Tibetan

1 entries

ན adj (causing pain)

Ukrainian

3 entries

бо́лісний adj (causing pain)
боля́чка noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)
ра́на noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

Vietnamese

2 entries

đau đớn adj (causing pain)
sưng noun (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

Welsh

1 entries

tost adj (causing pain)

Sample sentences

27 total sentences available.

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I have a very sore arm where you hit me.

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I have a sore throat because of too much smoking.

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I have a sore throat and a slight fever.

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The initial symptoms of the disease are fever and sore throat.

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