sore

Definition

  • noun: a sore or painful spot on the body
  • noun: a localized sore spot on the body
  • adjective: feeling or affected by pain
  • adjective: causing pain or distress
  • synonyms: painful, sorrel, inflamed

Examples

  • After being away from home for so long, my friends and family were 'a sight for sore eyes'.

  • I wasn't wearing the right clothes for the party, and I 'stuck out like a sore thumb'.

  • He's a 'sore loser'. [=he becomes very upset or angry when he loses]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Bunch of slack-jawed faggots around here. This stuff'll make you a goddamn sexual tyrannosaurus, just like me. Strap this on your sore ass, Blain. That was in '. Me and Dutch both got one. That's a real nasty habit you got there. Never knew how much I missed this, Dutch. You never were that smart. (..)
    1987 Predator