\Sore\, a. [F. saure, sore, sor; faucon sor a sore falcon.
See {Sorrel}, n.]
Reddish brown; sorrel. [R.]

{Sore falcon}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Sore}, n., 1.

\Sore\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A young hawk or falcon in the first year.

2. (Zo["o]l.) A young buck in the fourth year. See the Note
   under {Buck}.

\Sore\, a. [Compar. {Sorer}; superl. {Sorest}.] [OE. sor,
sar, AS. s[=a]r; akin to D. zeer, OS. & OHG. s?r, G. sehr
very, Icel. s[=a]rr, Sw. s[*a]r, Goth. sair pain. Cf.
{Sorry}.]
1. Tender to the touch; susceptible of pain from pressure;
   inflamed; painful; -- said of the body or its parts; as, a
   sore hand.

2. Fig.: Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed;
   very susceptible of irritation.

         Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious,
         and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy.
                                               --Tillotson.

3. Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore
   evil or calamity. --Shak.

4. Criminal; wrong; evil. [Obs.] --Shak.

{Sore throat} (Med.), inflammation of the throat and tonsils;
   pharyngitis. See {Cynanche}.

{Malignant}, {Ulcerated} or {Putrid}, {sore throat}. See
   {Angina}, and under {Putrid}.

\Sore\, n. [OE. sor, sar, AS. s[=a]r. See {Sore}, a.]
1. A place in an animal body where the skin and flesh are
   ruptured or bruised, so as to be tender or painful; a
   painful or diseased place, such as an ulcer or a boil.

         The dogs came and licked his sores.   --Luke xvi.
                                               21.

2. Fig.: Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty. --Chaucer.

         I see plainly where his sore lies.    --Sir W.
                                               Scott.

{Gold sore}. (Med.) See under {Gold}, n.

\Sore\, adv. [AS. s[=a]re. See {Sore}, a.]
1. In a sore manner; with pain; grievously.

         Thy hand presseth me sore.            --Ps. xxxviii.
                                               2.

2. Greatly; violently; deeply.

         [Hannah] prayed unto the Lord and wept sore. --1
                                               Sam. i. 10.

         Sore sighed the knight, who this long sermon heard.
                                               --Dryden.