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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sore  \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}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Putrid  \Pu"trid\,  a.  [L.  putridus  fr  putrere  to  be  rotten,  fr 
  puter,  or  putris,  rotten,  fr  putere  to  stink,  to  be  rotten: 
  cf  F.  putride.  See  {Pus},  {Foul},  a.] 
  1.  Tending  to  decomposition  or  decay;  decomposed;  rotten;  -- 
  said  of  animal  or  vegetable  matter;  as  putrid  flesh.  See 
  {Putrefaction}. 
 
  2.  Indicating  or  proceeding  from  a  decayed  state  of  animal  or 
  vegetable  matter;  as  a  putrid  smell. 
 
  {Putrid  fever}  (Med.),  typhus  fever;  --  so  called  from  the 
  decomposing  and  offensive  state  of  the  discharges  and 
  diseased  textures  of  the  body. 
 
  {Putrid  sore  throat}  (Med.),  a  gangrenous  inflammation  of  the 
  fauces  and  pharynx. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  putrid 
  adj  1:  of  or  relating  to  or  attended  by  putrefaction;  "putrid 
  decomposition" 
  2:  having  undergone  infection;  "festering  sores";  "an  infected 
  wound"  [syn:  {festering},  {infected},  {purulent},  {pussy}] 
  3:  in  an  advanced  state  of  decomposition  and  having  a  foul 
  odor;  "horrible  like  raw  and  putrid  flesh"-  Somerset 
  Maugham  [syn:  {putrefied},  {putrified}] 
  4:  offensively  malodorous;  "a  putrid  smell"  [syn:  {fetid},  {foetid}, 
  {foul},  {foul-smelling},  {funky},  {noisome},  {smelly},  {stinking}] 
  5:  morally  corrupt  or  evil;  "the  putrid  atmosphere  of  the 
  court"




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