sore
Hurting when you touch or move it.
Experiencing or causing physical pain, especially when pressure is applied or the area is moved.
A painful place on your skin or in your mouth.
A painful, irritated, or infected area on the skin or inside the mouth.
Feeling angry or upset because of something that happened.
Feeling angry, resentful, or emotionally hurt because of something that happened.
- Base: sore
- Comparative: sorer
- Superlative: sorest
- Base: sore
- Plural: sores
sore point
2Sensitive subject causing discomfort
Something that makes someone upset or uncomfortable when talked about.
- Don't mention his job loss; it's a sore point.
- Her divorce is a sore point with her family.
sore loser
1Person who reacts badly to losing
Someone who gets angry or upset when they lose.
- Stop being a sore loser; it's just a game.
- Don’t be such a sore loser—it’s only a game.
- He’s known as a sore loser in chess matches.
- He stormed off the court without shaking hands like a real sore loser.
- She used to be a sore loser, but now she can laugh when she loses.
stick out like a sore thumb
3Be very noticeable in a bad way
To be very easy to see, in a way that looks strange or wrong.
- That bright shirt sticks out like a sore thumb at the funeral.
- His style sticks out like a sore thumb in this office.
stick out like a sore thumb
4be very noticeable
To be very easy to see because you are very different from the things or people around you.
- In that small village, her bright pink sports car stuck out like a sore thumb.
- His casual clothes stuck out like a sore thumb at the formal dinner.