The property, state, or condition of being sore; painfulness.

A young hawk or falcon in its first year. / A young buck in its fourth year.

An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin. / Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.

Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive. / Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation. / Dire; distressing.

(archaic) Very, excessively, extremely (of something bad). / Sorely.

(transitive) To mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait.

In a sore or desperate manner.

plural of soreness

(of a horse) Subjected to soring.

Obsolete form of sora (the bird)