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he lived in a sordid shack lent him by a farmer.<br />

sore<br />

adj. 1 painful, sensitive, tender, raw, angry, burning,<br />

stinging, smarting, hurting; irritated, inflamed, chafed: My<br />

finger is still sore round the cut. 2 sensitive, delicate,<br />

tender, embarrassing, awkward, ticklish, touchy, thorny,<br />

prickly: Failing to complete medical school is a sore point<br />

with her. 3 dire, serious, acute, extreme, critical, urgent,<br />

pressing, desperate: He is in sore need of some good advice. 4<br />

angry, angered, annoyed, irritated, vexed, irked, upset, Colloq<br />

peeved: Don't get sore at me because you got low marks in your<br />

exams. 5 painful, troublesome, grievous, aggrieved,<br />

distressing, distressful, harrowing, severe, agonizing, bitter,<br />

fierce, burdensome, onerous, heavy, oppressive: Melanie's<br />

marital troubles proved a sore trial for her friends. 6 sore<br />

straits. difficulty, trouble, distress, danger, dangerous or<br />

precarious condition: The business is in sore straits, I fear.<br />

--n. 7 injury, damage, swelling, rawness, infection,<br />

inflammation, bruise, abrasion, cut, laceration, scrape, burn,<br />

canker, ulcer: If that sore on your arm doesn't heal, you'd<br />

better see a doctor.<br />

sorrow n. 1 sadness, heartbreak, grief, unhappiness, dolour, misery,<br />

woe, anguish, distress, suffering, torment, agony, wretchedness,<br />

heartache, desolation, desolateness: How can one deal with the<br />

sorrow of the loss of a child? 2 affliction, trouble, trial,<br />

tribulation, misfortune, hardship, adversity, bad or hard luck,<br />

cares, pressure, strain, travail: It is unbelievable that<br />

anyone could survive a life filled with such sorrow.<br />

--v. 3 grieve, lament, mourn, regret, keen, bemoan, agonize,<br />

moan, bewail: She is sorrowing over the loss of her nephew.<br />

sorrowful adj. 1 sad, unhappy, regretful, sorry, depressed, dejected,<br />

crestfallen, chap-fallen, gloomy, downcast, blue, dispirited,<br />

melancholy, in the doldrums, wretched, woebegone, miserable,<br />

heartsick, disheartened, piteous, heavy-hearted, broken-hearted,<br />

rueful, woeful, tearful, disconsolate, inconsolable,<br />

grief-stricken, Colloq down in the mouth, down in the dumps:<br />

The entire family was sorrowful to learn of Carriston's death.<br />

2 distressing, lamentable, doleful, unfortunate, bitter,<br />

distressful, troublous, grievous, unlucky, hapless, afflictive:

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