Sore: alternatives and connections

Troublesome; vexatious; rigorous.

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Troublesome; vexatious; rigorous.

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Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing.

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Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing.

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Not pleasant; not amiable or agreeable; displeasing; offensive.

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Not pleasant; not amiable or agreeable; displeasing; offensive.

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An inflammatory swelling or sore; a bulla, pustule, or blister.

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A venereal sore or ulcer; specifically, the initial lesion of true syphilis, whether forming a distinct ulcer or not; -- called also hard chancre, in…

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To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers.

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The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the secretion of the liver, or bile, mixed with that…

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The act or process of infecting.

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The act of irritating, or exciting, or the state of being irritated; excitement; stimulation, usually of an undue and uncomfortable kind; especially,…

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The act of irritating, or exciting, or the state of being irritated; excitement; stimulation, usually of an undue and uncomfortable kind; especially,…

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The quality or state of being sensible, or capable of sensation; capacity to feel or perceive.

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The quality or state of being sensible, or capable of sensation; capacity to feel or perceive.

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Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; distressing.

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Puffed up; as, huffy bread.

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A slattern.

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Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing.

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Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the action of heat; as, raw sienna; specifically, not cooked; not changed by heat to a state suit…

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Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul.

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One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.

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