■ adjective
1》 painful or aching.
↘suffering pain.
2》 informal, chiefly N. Amer. upset and angry.
3》 severe; urgent.
■ noun
1》 a raw or painful place on the body.
2》 a source of distress or annoyance.
■ adverb archaic extremely; severely.
Phrases
~ point an issue about which someone feels distressed or annoyed.
stand (or stick ) out like a ~ thumb be quite obviously different.
Derivatives
~ness noun
Origin
OE sār (n. and adjective), sāre (adverb), of Gmc origin.