sore

1. 1.

   an open skin infection

   Broaderinfection

   Narrowerblainchancrefestergall

Other forms of sore

plural

sores·

comparative

sorer·

superlative

sorest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sore

What does sore mean?

sore means "hurting". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sore?

sore has 1 syllable: sore. In IPA it is /ˈsɔɹ/.

What is another word for sore?

Close synonyms include sensitive, raw, tender, afflictive, painful. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sore a common word?

sore is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with sore?

3 words rhyme with sore. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.