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he lived in a sordid shack lent him by a farmer.
sore adj. 1 painful, sensitive, tender, raw, angry, burning,
stinging, smarting, hurting; irritated, inflamed, chafed: My
finger is still sore round the cut. 2 sensitive, delicate,
tender, embarrassing, awkward, ticklish, touchy, thorny,
prickly: Failing to complete medical school is a sore point
with her. 3 dire, serious, acute, extreme, critical, urgent,
pressing, desperate: He is in sore need of some good advice. 4
angry, angered, annoyed, irritated, vexed, irked, upset, Colloq
peeved: Don't get sore at me because you got low marks in your
exams. 5 painful, troublesome, grievous, aggrieved,
distressing, distressful, harrowing, severe, agonizing, bitter,
fierce, burdensome, onerous, heavy, oppressive: Melanie's
marital troubles proved a sore trial for her friends. 6 sore
straits. difficulty, trouble, distress, danger, dangerous or
precarious condition: The business is in sore straits, I fear.
--n. 7 injury, damage, swelling, rawness, infection,
inflammation, bruise, abrasion, cut, laceration, scrape, burn,
canker, ulcer: If that sore on your arm doesn't heal, you'd
better see a doctor.
sorrow n. 1 sadness, heartbreak, grief, unhappiness, dolour, misery,
woe, anguish, distress, suffering, torment, agony, wretchedness,
heartache, desolation, desolateness: How can one deal with the
sorrow of the loss of a child? 2 affliction, trouble, trial,
tribulation, misfortune, hardship, adversity, bad or hard luck,
cares, pressure, strain, travail: It is unbelievable that
anyone could survive a life filled with such sorrow.
--v. 3 grieve, lament, mourn, regret, keen, bemoan, agonize,
moan, bewail: She is sorrowing over the loss of her nephew.
sorrowful adj. 1 sad, unhappy, regretful, sorry, depressed, dejected,
crestfallen, chap-fallen, gloomy, downcast, blue, dispirited,
melancholy, in the doldrums, wretched, woebegone, miserable,
heartsick, disheartened, piteous, heavy-hearted, broken-hearted,
rueful, woeful, tearful, disconsolate, inconsolable,
grief-stricken, Colloq down in the mouth, down in the dumps:
The entire family was sorrowful to learn of Carriston's death.
2 distressing, lamentable, doleful, unfortunate, bitter,
distressful, troublous, grievous, unlucky, hapless, afflictive: