sore
Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.
Example
“Her feet were sore from walking so far.”
Other meanings
Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.
Dire; distressing.
“The school was in sore need of textbooks, theirs having been ruined in the flood.”
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "sār" (ache, wound).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “sore” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.