noun reddish brown; sorrel.
2. sore ·superl criminal; wrong; evil.
3. sore ·adj greatly; violently; deeply.
4. sore ·adj in a sore manner; with pain; grievously.
5. sore ·noun a young hawk or falcon in the first year.
6. sore ·adj fig.: grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.
7. sore ·noun a young buck in the fourth year. ·see the note under buck.
8. sore ·superl severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity.
9. sore ·superl fig.: sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.
10. sore ·superl tender to the touch; susceptible of pain from pressure; inflamed; painful;
said of the body or its parts; as, a sore hand.
11. sore ·adj a place in an animal body where the skin and flesh are ruptured or bruised, so as to be tender or painful; a painful or diseased place, such as an ulcer or a boil.