SORDIDNESS
SOR'DIDNESS, noun1. Filthiness; dirtiness.2. Meanness; baseness; as the execrable sordidness of the delights of Tiberius.3. Niggardliness.
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SORDINE
SOR'DET, SOR'DINE, noun [Latin surdus, deaf.] A little pipe in the mouth of a trumpet to make it sound lower or shriller.
SORE
SORE, noun1. A place in an animal body where the skin and flesh are ruptured or bruised, so as to be pained with the slightest pressure.2. An ulcer; a boil.3. In Scriptures, gri...
SOREHON
SOREHON, SORN, noun A kind of servile tenure which subjected the tenant to maintain his chieftain gratuitously, whenever he wished to indulge himself in a debauch. So that when ...
SOREL
SOR'EL, noun [dim. of sore.] A buck of the third year.
SORELY
SO'RELY, adverb [from sore.]1. With violent pain and distress; grievously; greatly; as, to be sorely pained or afflicted.2. Greatly; violently; severely; as, to be sorely presse...
SORENESS
SO'RENESS, noun [from sore.]1. The tenderness of any part of an animal body, which renders it extremely susceptible of pain from pressure; as the soreness of a boil, an abscess ...
SORGO
SOR'GO, noun A plant of the genus Holcus.
SORITES
SORI'TES, noun In logic, an argument where one proposition is accumulated on another. Thus, all men of revenge have their souls often uneasy. Uneasy souls are a plague to themse...
SORN
SOREHON, SORN noun A kind of servile tenure which subjected the tenant to maintain his chieftain gratuitously, whenever he wished to indulge himself in a debauch. So that when a...
SORORICIDE
SOROR'ICIDE, noun [Latin soror, sister, and cado, to strike, to kill.] The murder or murderer of a sister. [Little used, and obviously because the crime is very infrequent.
SORRAGE
SOR'RAGE, noun The blades of green wheat or barley. [Not used.]
SORRANCE
SOR'RANCE, noun In farriery, any disease or sore in horses.
SORREL
SOR'REL, adjective Of a reddish color; as a sorel horse.SOR'REL, noun A reddish color; a faint red.SOR'REL, noun A plant of the genus Rumex, so named from its acid taste. The wo...
SORREL-TREE
SOR'REL-TREE, noun A species of Andromeda.
SORRILY
SOR'RILY, adverb [from sorry.] Meanly; despicably; pitiably; in a wretched manner. Thy pipe, O Pan, shall help though I sing sorrily
SORRINESS
SOR'RINESS, noun Meanness; poorness; despicableness.
SORROW
SOR'ROW, noun The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good. or of frustrated hopes of good, or expected loss of happiness; to grieve; to be sad. I re...
SORROWED
SOR'ROWED, participle passive Accompanied with sorrow. [Not in use.]
SORROWFUL
SOR'ROWFUL, adjective1. Sad; grieving for the loss of some good, or on account of some expected evil.2. Deeply serious; depressed; dejected. I Sam. 1.3. Producing sorrow; exciti...
SORROWFULLY
SOR'ROWFULLY, adverb In a sorrowful manner; in a manner to produce grief.
SORROWFULNESS
SOR'ROWFULNESS, noun State of being sorrowful; grief.
SORROWING
SOR'ROWING, participle present tense Feeling sorrow, grief or regret.SOR'ROWING, noun Expression of sorrow.
SORROWLESS
SOR'ROWLESS, adjective Free from sorrow.
SORRY
SOR'RY, adjective1. Grieved for the loss of some good; pained for some evil that has happened to one's self or friends or country. It does not ordinarily imply severe grief, but...
SORT
SORT, noun [Latin sors, lot, chance, state, way, sort This word is form the root of Latin sortior; the radical sense of which is to start or shoot, to throw or to fall, to come ...
SORTABLE
SORT'ABLE, adjective1. That may be sorted.2. Suitable; befitting.