physically painful or sensitive, as a wound, hurt, or diseased part

a sore arm.

suffering bodily pain from wounds, bruises, etc., as a person

He is sore because of all that exercise.

suffering mental pain; grieved, distressed, or sorrowful

to be sore at heart.

causing great mental pain, distress, or sorrow

a sore bereavement.

causing very great suffering, misery, hardship, etc.

sore need.

Informal . annoyed; irritated; offended; angered

He was sore because he had to wait.

causing annoyance or irritation

a sore subject.

a sore spot or place on the body.

a source or cause of grief, distress, irritation, etc.

Archaic . sorely.

adjective

good , well , delighted , happy , pleased

adjective

abscessed , aching , acute , afflicted , annoying , bruised , burned , burning , chafed , critical , distressing , extreme , hurtful , hurting , inflamed , irritated , pained , painful , raw , reddened , sensitive , severe , sharp , smarting , tender , ulcerated , uncomfortable , unpleasant , vexatious , aggrieved , annoyed , grieved , grieving , indignant , irked , peeved , pressing , resentful , stung , troubled , upset , urgent , vexed , weighty , achy , afflictive , nagging , choleric , mad , abrasion , abscess , affliction , angered , angry , bitter , blain , bruise , cankered , discomfort , disgruntled , distressed , excoriation , grievous , hostile , hurt , infected , irate , lesion , pain , purulent , suffering , temperamental , touchy , trauma , ulcer , ulcerous , weal , welt , wound