sore

adj

1. painful, tender, sensitive, raw; smarting, stinging, burning, inflamed; irritated, ulcerated, ulcerous; hurting, in pain, aching, achy, bruised, injured, wounded; ailing, unwell, ill, sick.

2. aggrieved, grieved, sorrowful, pained, suffering, sad, mournful; distressed, troubled, unhappy; agonized, tormented, tortured; offended, stung, hurt.

3. painful, distressing, grievous, harrowing, afflictive, troublesome; depressing, heavy, oppressive, burdensome; unbearable, intolerable, insufferable; tormenting, torturous, cruel, violent; cutting, harsh, sharp, poignant; severe, acute, dire.

4.Informal. annoyed, irritated, peeved, vexed. See angry(def. 2).

5. irritating, annoying, vexing, irksome, provocative; offensive, disturbing, disconcerting; embarrassing, awkward, ticklish, touchy, delicate, unmentionable; difficult, troublesome, spiny, thorny; entangled, knotty, intricate,, exacting.

n

6. wound, hurt, injure, swelling, inflammation, Pathol. blain; ulcer, ulceration, Pathol. canker, Pathol. carbunkle, boil, pimple, pustule, abscess, fester; bruise, abrasion, scrape, cut, laceration; pain, ache, pang, twinge, gripe, burn, smart.

7. annoyance, irritation, vexation, exasperation; nuisance, bother, pest, thorn in the side or flesh, Sl. hassle; burden, load, trial, ordeal, tribulation; sorrow, grief, woe, distress; blight, plague, pestilence, scourge.