Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective comparative form of sore: more sore

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word sorer.

Examples

  • The iniquity of the Amorites was now full, and the longer it had been in the filling the sorer was the vengeance when it came at last.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume I (Genesis to Deuteronomy) 1721

  • (Gen.xv. 16), and the longer it was in the filling the sorer was the reckoning at last.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume I (Genesis to Deuteronomy) 1721

  • We look for judgment, but there is none (v. 11); neither God nor man appears for our succour; we look for salvation, because God (we think) has promised it, and we have prayed for it with fasting; we look for it as for brightness, but it is far off from us, as far off as ever for aught we can perceive, and still we walk in darkness; and the higher our expectations have been raised the sorer is the disappointment.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

  • I've been sorer grammar lesson for the day: though "sorer" sounds funny I think it is correct.

    Sanctuary... James Williams 2007

  • I've been sorer grammar lesson for the day: though "sorer" sounds funny I think it is correct.

    Archive 2007-11-01 James Williams 2007

  • But no sorer was their fall than that of my beloved poppies.

    The Golden Poppy 2010

  • Passuk's feet were sore, and my feet were sore -- ay, sorer than his, for we had worked with the dogs; also, we looked to see.

    GRIT OF WOMEN 2010

  • Billups said the shot made him a little sorer than he had been, which was expected, although not welcome.

    Knicks Are 'Optimistic' on Amar'e Kevin Clark 2011

  • But they didn't come back, though my feet are sorer than blazes.

    THE KANAKA SURF 2010

  • The beds were made with fresh balsam boughs, and I swear no feather mattress could feel as soft or as comfortable after one has been marching double time through the wilderness; I was sorer and more tired than the most tender of tenderfoots.

    The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.