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Noun
S:
(n)
sore
(an open skin infection)
Adjective
S:
(adj)
sensitive
,
sore
,
raw
,
tender
(hurting)
"the tender spot on his jaw"
similar to
S:
(adj)
painful
(causing physical or psychological pain)
"worked with painful slowness"
see also
similar to
S:
(adj)
aching
,
achy
(causing a dull and steady pain)
"my aching head"; "her old achy joints"
S:
(adj)
agonized
,
agonised
(expressing pain or agony)
"agonized screams"
S:
(adj)
agonizing
,
agonising
,
excruciating
,
harrowing
,
torturing
,
torturous
,
torturesome
(extremely painful)
S:
(adj)
biting
,
bitter
(causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold)
"bitter cold"; "a biting wind"
S:
(adj)
chafed
,
galled
(painful from having the skin abraded)
S:
(adj)
poignant
(keenly distressing to the mind or feelings)
"poignant anxiety"
S:
(adj)
itchy
(causing an irritating cutaneous sensation; being affect with an itch)
"he had an itchy toe from the mosquito bite"
S:
(adj)
racking
,
wrenching
(causing great physical or mental suffering)
"a wrenching pain"
S:
(adj)
saddle-sore
((of a rider) sore after riding a horse)
S:
(adj)
sensitive
,
sore
,
raw
,
tender
(hurting)
"the tender spot on his jaw"
S:
(adj)
traumatic
(psychologically painful)
"few experiences are more traumatic than losing a child"
antonym
derivationally related form
derivationally related form
antonym
W:
(adj)
painless
[Indirect via
painful
] (not causing physical or psychological pain)
"painless dentistry"
S:
(adj)
afflictive
,
painful
,
sore
(causing misery or pain or distress)
"it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"
similar to
derivationally related form
antonym
S:
(adj)
huffy
,
mad
,
sore
(roused to anger)
"stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain; "she gets mad when you wake her up so early"; "mad at his friend"; "sore over a remark"