Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}.

Source : WordNet®

sore throat
     n : inflammation of the fauces and pharynx [syn: {pharyngitis},
         {raw throat}]