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sorry
[ sor-ee, sawr-ee ]
adjective
- feeling regret, compunction, sympathy, pity, etc.:
to be sorry to leave one's friends; to be sorry for a remark; to be sorry for someone in trouble.
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Antonyms:
- regrettable or deplorable; unfortunate; tragic:
a sorry situation; to come to a sorry end.
- sorrowful, grieved, or sad:
Was she sorry when her brother died?
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- associated with sorrow; suggestive of grief or suffering; melancholy; dismal.
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- wretched, poor, useless, or pitiful:
a sorry horse.
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interjection
- (used as a conventional apology or expression of regret):
Sorry, you're misinformed. Did I bump you? Sorry.
sorry
/ ˈɒɪ /
adjective
- usually postpositiveoften foll byfor feeling or expressing pity, sympathy, remorse, grief, or regret
I feel sorry for him
- pitiful, wretched, or deplorable
a sorry sight
- poor; paltry
a sorry excuse
- affected by sorrow; sad
- causing sorrow or sadness
interjection
- an exclamation expressing apology, used esp at the time of the misdemeanour, offence, etc
Derived Forms
- ˈǰ, adverb
- ˈǰԱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ǰ۾· adverb
- ǰ۾·Ա noun
- ܲ·ǰ۲ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sorry1
Idioms and Phrases
see better safe than sorry .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
"I'm sorry for the moments when we failed to meet the high expectations we rightfully set for our community," Dr Garber said in a letter on Tuesday accompanying the reports.
“I’m sorry, drama’s drama, and there’s a lot more drama in getting killed by your dad,” the “Real Time” host said.
"Well, anyway, I'm just sorry. I would have been hurt if it had been me and someone in my industry used me and my name, and I saw that, and I'm sorry."
I’m sorry to remind you that it won neither.
Though few are sorry to see the downfall of former President Bashar Assad, they fear the Islamist-led authorities now in charge may prove to be just as restrictive in what they allow on screen.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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