TOUCH ONE'S SORE SPOT

Meaning of TOUCH ONE'S SORE SPOT in English

touch a sensitive area, touch a place that causes someone pain

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TOUCH — I. ˈtəch, dial ˈtech or ˈtich verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English tochen, touchen, from Old French tochier, tuchier, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPOT — I. ˈspät, usu -äd.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English spotte, spot; akin to Middle Dutch spotte stain, speck, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SORE — I. ˈsō(ə)r, -ȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə) adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English sar, sor, soor, from Old English sār; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SORE — (superl.) Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity.
Английский словарь Webster
SORE — ( superl. ) Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TOUCH — — touchable , adj. — touchableness, touchability , n. — toucher , n. — touchless , adj. /tuch/ , v.t. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPOT — — spotlike , adj. — spottable , adj. /spot/ , n. , v. , spotted, spotting , adj. n. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SORE — — soreness , n. /sawr, sohr/ , adj., sorer, sorest , n. , adv. adj. 1. physically painful or sensitive, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TOUCH — I. ˈtəch verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French tucher, tuchier, from Vulgar Latin * toccare to knock, strike a bell, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPOT — I. ˈspät noun Etymology: Middle English; akin to Middle Dutch spotte stain, speck, Old Norse spotti small piece Date: 13th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SORE — I. ˈsȯr adjective ( sor·er ; sor·est ) Etymology: Middle English sor, from Old English sār; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Webster English vocab
SPOT — vi to become stained with spots. 2. spot ·add. ·adj lit., being on the spot, or place;. 3. spot ·noun …
Webster English vocab
SORE — noun reddish brown; sorrel. 2. sore ·superl criminal; wrong; evil. 3. sore ·adj greatly; violently; deeply. 4. sore ·adj in …
Webster English vocab
TOUCH — [touch] vb [ME, fr. OF tuchier, fr. (assumed) VL toccare to knock, strike a bell, touch, prob. of imit. origin] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SORE — [sore] adj sor.er ; sor.est [ME sor, fr. OE sar; akin to OHG ser sore and prob. to OIr saeth …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TOUCH — / tʌtʃ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb WITH HAND / PART OF BODY 1. [ vn ] to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPOT — / spɒt; NAmE spɑːt/ noun , verb , adjective ■ noun SMALL MARK 1. a small round area that has …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SORE — / sɔː(r); NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective 1. if a part of your body is sore , it …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOUCH — I. touch 1 S2 W2 /tʌtʃ/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ touched , ↑ untouched , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SPOT — I. spot 1 S2 W2 /spɒt $ spɑːt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ spotted , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SORE — I. sore 1 S3 /sɔː $ sɔːr/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ; Origin: sar ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TOUCH — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. come into or be in physical contact with (another thing) at one or more …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SPOT — n. & v. --n. 1 a a small part of the surface of a thing distinguished by colour, texture, etc., …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SORE — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1 (of a part of the body) painful from injury or disease (has a sore …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TOUCH — v. & n. v. 1 tr. come into or be in physical contact with (another thing) at one or more …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SPOT — n. & v. n. 1 a a small part of the surface of a thing distinguished by colour, texture, etc., …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SORE — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 (of a part of the body) painful from injury or disease (has a sore …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TOUCH — v. & n. --v. 1. tr. come into or be in physical contact with (another thing) at one or more …
Oxford English vocab
SPOT — n. & v. --n. 1. a a small part of the surface of a thing distinguished by colour, texture, etc., …
Oxford English vocab
SORE — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1. (of a part of the body) painful from injury or disease (has a sore …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
TOUCH — ( touches, touching, touched) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPOT — ( spots, spotting, spotted) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Spots are …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SORE — ( sorer, sorest, sores) 1. If part of your body is sore , it causes you pain and discomfort. It’s …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SORE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES cold sore sore throat ▪ The singer complained of a sore throat after Wednesday’s …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SORE — (ANGRY) [adjective] -r, -st US [informal] - (of a person) angry, esp. because they feel they have been unfairly treatedHoney, …
Cambridge English vocab
SORE — Synonyms and related words : abrasion, abscess, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, ache, aching, acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, acute, affecting, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TOUCH — See ↑ PRESS 1, ↑ REACH 2, ↑ TOUCH 1,3,4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a touch of • ↑ a touch/hint/trace …
Longman Activator English vocab
TOUCH — INDEX: 1. to put your hand on someone or something 2. to touch someone or something in a gentle or …
Longman Activator English vocab
TOUCH — n. 25B6; verb his shoes were touching the end of the bed : BE IN CONTACT WITH, come into contact …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SORE — n. 25B6; adjective a sore leg : PAINFUL, hurting, hurt, aching, throbbing, smarting, stinging, agonizing, excruciating; inflamed, sensitive, tender, raw, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TOUCH — v. 1 put (one's) hand on, feel, handle She leant forward and touched my hand 2 bring into contact with, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SORE — adj. 1 painful, sensitive, tender, raw, angry, burning, stinging, smarting, hurting; irritated, inflamed, chafed My finger is still sore round …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
TOUCH — 1. сущ. 1) а) прикосновение delicate touch ≈ нежное, осторожное прикосновение gentle, light, soft touch ≈ мягкое, легкое прикосновение heavy …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPOT — 1. сущ. 1) а) пятнышко; крапинка б) пятно (от грязи), капля (дождя) to get out, remove a spot ≈ выводить …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SORE — 1. сущ. 1) болячка, рана, язва canker sore ≈ гангренозная язва cold sore ≈ герпес, лихорадка (часто на губах) open …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TOUCH — touch.ogg 1. tʌtʃ n 1. прикосновение; касание at a touch - при (первом) прикосновении a touch of /with/ a stick …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SPOT — spot.ogg 1. spɒt n 1. 1> пятно, пятнышко spot of mud of blood, of fat, of ink - грязное кровяное, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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