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Meaning of sore

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  sore
      adj 1: hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw" [syn: {sensitive},
             {sore}, {raw}, {tender}]
      2: causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to
         him"; "the painful process of growing up" [syn: {afflictive},
         {painful}, {sore}]
      3: 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" [syn: {huffy}, {mad}, {sore}]
      n 1: an open skin infection

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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