Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.
Her feet were sore from walking so far.
Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.
Dire; distressing.
The school was in sore need of textbooks, theirs having been ruined in the flood.
Feeling animosity towards someone; annoyed or angered.
Joe was sore at Bob for beating him at checkers.
Criminal; wrong; evil.