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as in aching
causing or feeling bodily pain
my legs are sore after that long walk yesterday
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as in angry
feeling or showing anger
promise not to get sore if I tell you what I really think of your new hairstyle?
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as in cynical
having or showing deep-seated resentment
he's been sore ever since she insulted him
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as in terribly
to a great degree
I was sore afraid we'd never make it home
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as in swelling
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Recent Examples of sore
Aashna Gheewalla,
PEOPLE,
1 July 2026
If Adames is sore enough to land on the IL, perhaps a 10-day break will do him some good.
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Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
Valeriya Safronova,
Vanity Fair,
19 Feb. 2026
Guys come up sore all the time.
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Matt Kawahara,
Houston Chronicle,
11 Feb. 2026
Casey Pinto,
The Conversation,
1 May 2026
Feeling a little funky, exhausted or sore can happen for a number of reasons, including perimenopause and menopause.
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Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
24 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
This summer, upgrade your sandals to a pair of recovery sandals with substantial arch support, especially if your feet feel sore after long days of walking.
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Aashna Gheewalla,
PEOPLE,
1 July 2026
If Adames is sore enough to land on the IL, perhaps a 10-day break will do him some good.
—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
Adverb
Toward the end, people grab partners and race around the ballroom in a gallop through a tunnel of arms, an exhilarating experience—especially in heels—that leaves the heart pumping and the quads sore for days.
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Valeriya Safronova,
Vanity Fair,
19 Feb. 2026
Guys come up sore all the time.
—
Matt Kawahara,
Houston Chronicle,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
This sore may go unnoticed and resolve on its own.
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Casey Pinto,
The Conversation,
1 May 2026
Feeling a little funky, exhausted or sore can happen for a number of reasons, including perimenopause and menopause.
—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sore
Adjective
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The homestretch of the drama, however, takes the story in a chilling direction, packing an aching quantity of feeling into a single glance at a security camera as someone climbs into a car and leaves the compound, never to be heard from again.
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Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain (1997) Charles Frazier’s Cold Mountain is an aching, tender slow burn shaped by absence.
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The Commission ultimately left it at 400 feet, prompting an intense reaction from the angry crowd.
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Some of the women who were angry contacted the SFMOMA not simply to share feedback, but to try to ensure Bahr could never work with the institution again.
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His willingness to move to Rio de Janeiro upon taking the job endeared him to the cynical public, as did his decision to call up Neymar to his squad to quieten the noise the forward’s potential exclusion would have brought with it.
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Against the run of play, the Atlas Lions won a free kick near the corner of the box after Luc De Fougerolles was booked for a cynical challenge.
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But everyone on the Spurs shot terribly from deep in the clutch.
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Wonderfully and terribly, everything does happen for Maddie after her adoring bear of a husband, Jake (Eric Rahill), makes a cooking video of her that goes massively viral.
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About 400 to 500 Americans died of measles each year, while about 1,000 experienced brain swelling and 48,000 were hospitalized, records show.
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There should be no pain or skin reddening during a proper session, and therapists avoid working over active swelling, infection or skin that’s undergone cancer treatment.
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Without the complication of his father’s political career and (one hopes) without political ambitions of his own, Hunter seems to be expressing something closer to his authentic self, warts and all.
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Some blame the faction of party leaders who rallied behind Platner in spite of his warts.
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And that says something painful about what my country has become, and my place in it.
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For thousands of Venezuelans, however, the absence of definitive answers has become one of the tragedy’s most painful consequences.
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The book-club members roundly disliked it, indignant that the character was being driven mad by perimenopause, as if hormone-replacement therapy didn’t exist.
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Judge Timothy Mazzei asked him Wednesday in a loud, indignant voice.
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“Sore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sore. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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