sore
Because it is a word with a single syllable, sore is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofsore
- An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.
Example: "They put ointment and a bandage on the sore."
- Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty.
- To mutilate the legs or feet of (a horse) in order to induce a particular gait.
- Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.
Example: "Her feet were sore from walking so far."
- Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.
- Dire; distressing.
Example: "The school was in sore need of textbooks, theirs having been ruined in the flood."
- Feeling animosity towards someone; annoyed or angered.
Example: "Joe was sore at Bob for beating him at checkers."
- Criminal; wrong; evil.
- Very, excessively, extremely (of something bad).
- Sorely.
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