What is another word for sore?
591 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ sˈɔː], [ sˈɔː], [ s_ˈɔː]
Sore is a feeling of pain, discomfort or tenderness in a body part. There are many synonyms for the word sore which include painful, aching, tender, throbbing, smarting, sensitive, irritable, bruised, stiff, tender, raw, inflamed and hurting. Each of these words describes the feeling of discomfort that you may experience when a body part has been injured or strained. It is important to note that the choice of synonym used may depend on the condition or part of the body affected. For instance, headache and toothache are two specific types of pain. Understanding synonyms for the word sore can help you convey your feelings more accurately, allowing others to better understand your situation.
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Similar words for sore:
- maddened (adjective)
- painful (adjective)
- resentful (adjective)
- sensitive (adjective)
- angry (adjective)
- angry; hurt mentally (adjective)
- annoyed (adjective)
- bitter (adjective)
- embittered (adjective)
- hurt (adjective)
- inflamed (adjective)
- lame (adjective)
- pissed off (adjective)
- rancorous (adjective)
- raw (adjective)
- severe (adjective)
- sharp (adjective)
- uncomfortable (adjective)
- angry (noun)
- blemish (noun)
- boo boo (noun)
- cyst (noun)
- fury (noun)
- hurt (noun)
- injury (noun)
- irateness (noun)
- mad (noun)
- pain (noun)
- pique (noun)
- state (noun)
- swelling (noun)
- ulcer (noun)
- unhealthy (noun)
- canker (verb)
- pain (verb)
Synonyms for Sore:
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adj.
• maddened • painful- Besetting ,
- Cramping ,
- Gnawing ,
- Irksome ,
- Torturing. ,
- aching ,
- acute ,
- afflictive ,
- aggravating ,
- agonizing ,
- anguishing ,
- annoying ,
- arduous ,
- biting ,
- bothersome ,
- burdensome ,
- chafing ,
- cruel ,
- crushing ,
- cutting ,
- disagreeable ,
- distressful ,
- excruciating ,
- extremely bad ,
- grievous ,
- grueling ,
- harrowing ,
- horrendous ,
- hurtful ,
- inflaming ,
- insufferable ,
- irritating ,
- miserable ,
- odious ,
- offensive ,
- oppressive ,
- piercing ,
- severe ,
- smarting ,
- stabbing ,
- stinging ,
- throbbing ,
- tormenting ,
- torturing ,
- troublesome ,
- trying ,
- unbearable ,
- unpleasant ,
- withering ,
- woeful ,
- wrenching .
- Huffed ,
- Piqued ,
- Spleenful ,
- acerbic ,
- antagonistic ,
- discontent ,
- embittered ,
- envious ,
- galled ,
- infuriated ,
- irritated ,
- malevolent ,
- miffed ,
- offended ,
- rancorous ,
- resentful ,
- spiteful ,
- splenetic ,
- stung ,
- vexed ,
- vindictive .
- be grudging ,
- be-grudging ,
- in tense ,
- in tenser ,
- in tensest ,
- in-tense ,
- in-tenser ,
- in-tensest ,
- more begrudging ,
- more estranged ,
- morose ,
- most begrudging ,
- most estranged ,
- with chip shoulder .
- Mauled ,
- dis figured ,
- dis tressed ,
- dis-figured ,
- dis-tressed ,
- more agonized ,
- more battered ,
- more bleeding ,
- more bruised ,
- more buffeted ,
- more contused ,
- more crushed ,
- more cut ,
- more disfigured ,
- more grazed ,
- more hit ,
- more lacerated ,
- more marred ,
- more mauled ,
- more nicked ,
- more scarred ,
- more scraped ,
- more scratched ,
- more shot ,
- more suffering ,
- more tortured ,
- more warped ,
- most agonized ,
- most battered ,
- most bleeding ,
- most bruised ,
- most buffeted ,
- most contused ,
- most crushed ,
- most cut ,
- most disfigured ,
- most grazed ,
- most hit ,
- most lacerated ,
- most marred ,
- most mauled ,
- most nicked ,
- most scarred ,
- most scraped ,
- most scratched ,
- most shot ,
- most suffering ,
- most tortured ,
- most warped ,
- pained ,
- shooker ,
- shookest ,
- struck ,
- un happier ,
- un happiest ,
- un happy ,
- un-happy ,
- warped ,
- wounded .
- in flamed ,
- in-flamed ,
- more festered ,
- more festering ,
- more infected ,
- more scalded ,
- more septic ,
- most festered ,
- most festering ,
- most infected ,
- most scalded ,
- most septic .
- de formed ,
- de-formed ,
- gimp ,
- gimper ,
- gimpest ,
- gimpier ,
- gimpiest ,
- gimpy ,
- haltest ,
- lame ,
- lamest ,
- more hobbling ,
- more limping ,
- more sidelined ,
- most hobbling ,
- most limping ,
- most sidelined .
- bent out shape ,
- fit be tied ,
- in tizzy ,
- more peed ,
- more steamed ,
- most peed ,
- most steamed ,
- pissed off ,
- steamed ,
- steaming ,
- td off ,
- teed off .
- more abraded ,
- more blistered ,
- more dressed ,
- more pared ,
- more peeled ,
- more skinned ,
- more unclothed ,
- most abraded ,
- most blistered ,
- most dressed ,
- most pared ,
- most peeled ,
- most skinned ,
- most unclothed ,
- un clad ,
- un clothed ,
- un covered ,
- un-clad ,
- un-clothed ,
- un-covered .
- dis composed ,
- dis quieted ,
- dis-composed ,
- dis-quieted ,
- ill ease ,
- more anguished ,
- more discomfited ,
- more discomposed ,
- more disquieted ,
- more wracked ,
- most anguished ,
- most discomfited ,
- most discomposed ,
- most disquieted ,
- most wracked ,
- self conscious ,
- selfconscious ,
- un comfortable ,
- un easier ,
- un easiest ,
- un easy ,
- un-comfortable ,
- un-easier ,
- un-easiest .
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n.
• angry • blemish- abrasion ,
- blemish ,
- blot ,
- blotch ,
- brand ,
- check ,
- chip ,
- damage ,
- defacement ,
- defect ,
- deformity ,
- discoloration ,
- disfigurement ,
- distortion ,
- dot ,
- drawback ,
- eyesore ,
- fault ,
- flaw ,
- fleck ,
- fracture ,
- freckle ,
- gash ,
- hack ,
- imperfection ,
- impurity ,
- kink ,
- mar ,
- mark ,
- nick ,
- notch ,
- pockmark ,
- rift ,
- scab ,
- score ,
- scrape ,
- scratch ,
- scuff ,
- slit ,
- speck ,
- splotch ,
- spoilage ,
- spot ,
- stain ,
- stigma ,
- tarnish ,
- wart .
- boiling points ,
- flareup ,
- impetuosities ,
- in tensity ,
- in-tensity ,
- rabidities ,
- rampancies ,
- slow burns ,
- tempestuousnesses .
- black and blue ,
- black and blues ,
- black blue ,
- black blues ,
- dis advantage ,
- dis advantages ,
- dis comfort ,
- dis comforts ,
- dis service ,
- dis services ,
- dis tress ,
- dis tresses ,
- dis-advantage ,
- dis-advantages ,
- dis-comfort ,
- dis-comforts ,
- dis-service ,
- dis-services ,
- dis-tress ,
- dis-tresses ,
- ill treatment ,
- ill-treatments ,
- illtreatment ,
- illtreatments ,
- mis chief ,
- mis chiefs ,
- mis fortune ,
- mis fortunes ,
- mis-chief ,
- mis-chiefs ,
- mis-fortunes ,
- out rages ,
- out-rage ,
- out-rages .
- de formation ,
- de formations ,
- de-formation ,
- de-formations ,
- in dignities ,
- in dignity ,
- in juries ,
- in jury ,
- in justices ,
- in-dignities ,
- in-dignity ,
- in-juries ,
- in-jury ,
- in-justice .
- mad .
- Back Ache ,
- Migraine ,
- ache ,
- affliction ,
- agony ,
- anguish ,
- bite ,
- bruise ,
- burn ,
- cramp ,
- crick ,
- discomfort ,
- distress ,
- earache ,
- grief ,
- gripe ,
- headache ,
- infliction ,
- irritation ,
- malaise ,
- misery ,
- pain ,
- painfulness ,
- pang ,
- rack ,
- spasm ,
- stab ,
- sting ,
- stitch ,
- suffering ,
- throb ,
- throe ,
- torment ,
- torture ,
- wound ,
- wrench .
- dis pleasure ,
- dis pleasures ,
- dis-pleasure ,
- dis-pleasures ,
- pro vocation ,
- pro vocations ,
- pro-vocations .
- sore .
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v.
• canker • pain Other synonyms:
- achy ,
- agonised ,
- agonized ,
- anguished ,
- distressed ,
- footsore ,
- nagging ,
- saddle sore .
- indignant .
- choleric .
- annoyed ,
- belligerent ,
- cross ,
- displeased ,
- fed up ,
- put out ,
- upset .
Other relevant words:
• congested
• injurious
• peptic ulcer
• pus
• sac
- cyst .
- raw .
- all torn up ,
- angry ,
- begruding ,
- bent out of shape ,
- bitter ,
- blistered ,
- busted up ,
- contused ,
- fighting mad ,
- full of hate ,
- halter ,
- hopping mad ,
- hurt ,
- in a tizzy ,
- in pain ,
- painful ,
- peed ,
- peeved off ,
- sensitive ,
- septic ,
- sidelined ,
- steamed up ,
- t'd off ,
- tee'd off ,
- ticked off ,
- uncomfortable ,
- with chip on shoulder .
- BADS ,
- Blebs ,
- Bullae ,
- Bunions ,
- Corns ,
- Downs ,
- Furuncles ,
- Knurl ,
- Rabidity ,
- Rampancy ,
- Vesications ,
- blain ,
- blains ,
- bleb ,
- blister ,
- boil ,
- boiling point ,
- boo boo ,
- boo-boo ,
- boo-boos ,
- booboo ,
- booboos ,
- bulla ,
- bunion ,
- burnings ,
- carbuncle ,
- corn ,
- deformation ,
- deformations ,
- ferocities ,
- ferocity ,
- flare up ,
- furuncle ,
- fury ,
- ill treatments ,
- ill-treatment ,
- impetuosity ,
- inflammation ,
- injury ,
- irateness ,
- knurls ,
- lesion ,
- mutilation ,
- mutilations ,
- nodule ,
- nodules ,
- pique ,
- pock ,
- puffiness ,
- pustule ,
- pustules ,
- scar ,
- severity ,
- slow burn ,
- smutch ,
- sores ,
- tempestuousness ,
- tumescence ,
- vesication ,
- vesicle ,
- weal ,
- wheal ,
- wheals ,
- wrathfulness .
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How to use "Sore" in context?
The word "sore" is derived from the Old English word searah, meaning a flow of bile. From the Middle English word seer, meaning pus. In modern English, the word "sore" refers to the unbearable and often irritating feeling that is felt when the skin is injured or inflamed.
Paraphrases for Sore:
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Independent
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Adjective
bitter, delicate, difficult, fragile, furious, insensitive, mad, sorry, sticking, thorny, tricky, weak, pissed.
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Verb, past tense
Threw.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
angry, distressing, embarrassing, painful, painless, poor, sensitive, sour, susceptible, upset.
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Noun, singular or mass
wound.
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Adjective
Homophones for Sore:
- sheer, scissor, scare, scour, screw eye, sura, skier, ssri, scar, sahara, sauria, sower, shear, squire, shirer, serer, sugar, seizure, shareware, saguaro, swearer, shari, sawyer, sewer, swayer, squeezer, saucer, soccer, square away, scare away, sire, sharer, scorer, seizer, sukur, square, syria, seer, skewer, seeker, surrey, surya, scouser, shearer, succor, scree, scurry, SOR, sciara, sea-ear, swagger, sur, sea hare, scary, share, shire, sokoro, sahuaro, shrew, sarah, sorrower, shore, securer, score, sherry, succour, shower, sr., successor, saqqarah, seeger, scissure, sucker, shorea, sakkara, soiree, squeaker, succourer, scarey, sir, sharia, shirr, screwy, sorrow, saussurea, Sauce Chausseur, sere, sierra, scoria, screw, succorer, sear, sirrah, sorry, saussure, scourer, shariah, seashore, scarer, sixer, soaker, shaker, succory, saree, sucre, saqqara, serow, swear, suer, shocker, sure, Scry, showery, swaggerer, serra, SACEUR, sari, sour, sugary, sr, secure, saury, soar, souari, squawker, Saur.
Hyponym for Sore:
n.
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state
infection.
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state
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