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sore
point 痛い
sore: 外部表面のけが・炎症・筋肉痛などの痛み.
painful 肉体的・精神的な痛みをいうが, 主に肉体的な痛みに用いる.

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adjective
(of a part of one's body) painful or aching:
〈体の一部が〉(けが・筋肉痛などで)痛い; (炎症などで)ひりひりする, ずきずき痛む (!触ったり動かしたりするとpain(痛み)があること; → painful)
e.g. my feet were sore and my head ached.
predicative suffering pain from a part of one's body:
〈人が〉(体に)痛みを感じる
e.g. he was sore from the long ride.
predicative informal, chiefly North American upset and angry:
⦅主に米・くだけて・やや古⦆ «人に/…に対して» 怒っている, 腹を立てている «at/about»
e.g. I didn't even know they were sore at us.
attributive severe; urgent:
⦅文⦆ 〖名詞の前で〗非常な, 大変な
e.g. we're in sore need of him.

noun
a raw or painful place on the body:
(炎症などで)痛い所; 傷; (赤い)腫れ
e.g. we had sores on our hands.
いやな思い出; 心の傷.
e.g. there's no point raking over the past and opening old sores.

adverb archaic
e.g. they were sore afraid.

PHRASES
a subject or issue about which someone feels distressed or annoyed: the glamorous image of their paramilitary rivals was always a sore point with the police.

stand (or stick) out like a sore thumb
be obviously different from the surrounding people or things.

ORIGIN
Old English sār (noun and adjective), sāre (adverb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zeersore’ and German sehrvery’. The original sense was ‘causing intense pain, grievous’, whence the adverbial use.