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What is the adjective for soreness?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb sore which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

sore
  1. Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.
  2. Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.
  3. Dire; distressing.
  4. (informal) Feeling animosity towards someone; annoyed or angered.
  5. (obsolete) Criminal; wrong; evil.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. painful, aching, hurting, stinging, throbbing, smarting, tender, injured, bruised, hurt, sensitive, wounded, afflictive, achy, excruciating, raw, inflamed, agonising, agonizing, burning, irritated, nasty, chafed, troublesome, pained, afflicted, reddened, red, uncomfortable, hurtful, delicate, harrowing, grievous, abscessed, ulcerated, distressing, irritating, in pain, stiff, swollen, nagging, arthritic, piercing, severe, battered, damaged, gammy, discoloured, discolored, tired … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “My whole body was sore, and my legs ached as I made my way to the cafeteria.”
      “Bill is still sore after rolling his ankle while playing soccer.”
      “Kamaria glowered, still sore at having not noticed Link's talent sooner and angry at Linden for agreeing with him.”
sored
  1. (of a horse) Subjected to soring.
sorer
  1. comparative form of sore: more sore
  2. Synonyms:
      3. painfuller, tenderer, achier, rawer, nastier, redder, more aching, more stinging, more smarting, more hurt, more sensitive, more afflictive, more excruciating, more inflamed, more agonizing, more burning, more irritated, more troublesome, more pained, more afflicted, more reddened, more uncomfortable, more hurtful, more delicate, more harrowing, more grievous, more abscessed, more ulcerated, more distressing, more irritating, stiffer, more swollen, more nagging, more arthritic, more piercing, more battered, severer, more damaged, more discoloured, more discolored, more tired, sharper, more biting, more broken, more pounding, angrier, more gnawing, more incapacitated, more disabled, more bloodshot … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “He studied its ice plant and told the arena manager the soft ice at The Pond could be improved with sorer water.”
      “And never can human brain have held a sorer conflict of reflection than was mine.”
      “The directors got sorer and sorer as Worth Gilbert's cheerfulness increased.”
sorest
  1. superlative form of sore: most sore
  2. Synonyms:
      3. painfullest, tenderest, achiest, rawest, nastiest, reddest, most aching, most stinging, most smarting, most hurt, most sensitive, most afflictive, most excruciating, most inflamed, most agonizing, most burning, most irritated, most troublesome, most pained, most afflicted, most reddened, most uncomfortable, most hurtful, most delicate, most harrowing, most grievous, most abscessed, most ulcerated, most distressing, most irritating, stiffest, most swollen, most nagging, most arthritic, most piercing, most battered, severest, most damaged, most discolored, most discoloured, most tired, sharpest, most biting, most broken, most pounding, angriest, most gnawing, most incapacitated, most disabled, most bloodshot … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “It was always the sorest toil and the clattiest jobs they would set the wee one to do.”
      “You are contributing to perpetuate one of the sorest scourges of our world.”
      “Divine love: 'A love-flame had been kindled in his soul, and he was brought to face the sorest trial of his life.”
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