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adjective

Sore adj. (compar. sorer; superl. sorest)

Tender to the touch; susceptible of pain from pressure; inflamed; painful; said of the body or its parts; as, a sore hand.

Fig.: Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation. "Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy."

Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity.

Criminal; wrong; evil. (Obs.)

Sore throat (Med.), inflammation of the throat and tonsils; pharyngitis. See Cynanche.

Malignant sore throat, Ulcerated sore throat or Putrid sore throat. See Angina, and under Putrid.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... a crowd, who cried loudly out at the sin and iniquity of the proceeding; because the honesty of the prisoners, although impeached, was unimpeachable; the mob were furious; and before the Sunday sun arose, old Mrs Pernickity awakened with a sore throat, every pane of her windows having been miraculously broken ...

— The Life of Mansie Wauch - Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself • David Macbeth Moir

... morning he has a sore throat; he has taken cold. The snow is still falling, but he will go out again. At night he is very hoarse; he is ...

— Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, Lincoln - A Book for Young Americans • James Baldwin

... to smile upon his plot, for Friday morning Bob was taken to the infirmary with a sore throat, which, although slight, isolated him from the rest of the boys. No longer was he at Van's elbow ...

— The Story of Sugar • Sara Ware Bassett

... In the ULCEROUS SORE THROAT much advantage has been experienced from the vapours of effervescing mixtures drawn into the fauces[17]. But this remedy should not supersede the ...

— Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air • Joseph Priestley

... now, I think I will go in, as I am rather afraid of catching cold; it wouldn't do for me to get a sore throat or a stiff neck, would it? Good-by I I'm so ...

— The Junior Classics Volume 8 - Animal and Nature Stories • Selected and arranged by William Patten

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