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sor⋅ry
[sor-ee, sawr-ee] 
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–adjective, -ri⋅er, -ri⋅est.
| 1. | 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. |
| 2. | regrettable or deplorable; unfortunate; tragic: a sorry situation; to come to a sorry end. |
| 3. | sorrowful, grieved, or sad: Was she sorry when her brother died? |
| 4. | associated with sorrow; suggestive of grief or suffering; melancholy; dismal. |
| 5. | wretched, poor, useless, or pitiful: a sorry horse. |
| 6. | (used interjectionally as a conventional apology or expression of regret): Sorry, you're misinformed. Did I bump you? Sorry. |
Related forms:
sor⋅ri⋅ly, adverb
sor⋅ri⋅ness, noun
Synonyms:
1. regretful, sympathetic, pitying. 3. unhappy, depressed, sorrowing. 4. grievous, mournful, painful. 5. abject, contemptible, paltry, worthless, shabby. See wretched.
1. regretful, sympathetic, pitying. 3. unhappy, depressed, sorrowing. 4. grievous, mournful, painful. 5. abject, contemptible, paltry, worthless, shabby. See wretched.
Antonyms:
1. happy.
1. happy.
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| sor·ry (sŏr'ē, sôr'ē) adj. sor·ri·er, sor·ri·est
[Middle English sori, from Old English sārig, sad, from sār, sore.] sor'ri·ly adv., sor'ri·ness n. |
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Sorry
Sor"ry\, a. [Compar. Sorrier; superl. Sorriest.] [OE. sory, sary, AS. s[=a]rig, fr. s[=a]r, n., sore. See Sore, n. & a. The original sense was, painful; hence. miserable, sad.]1. Grieved for the loss of some good; pained for some evil; feeling regret; -- now generally used to express light grief or affliction, but formerly often used to express deeper feeling. "I am sorry for my sins." --Piers Plowman. Ye were made sorry after a godly manner. --2 Cor. vii. 9. I am sorry for thee, friend; 't is the duke's pleasure. --Shak. She entered, were he lief or sorry. --Spenser. 2. Melancholy; dismal; gloomy; mournful. --Spenser. All full of chirking was this sorry place. --Chaucer. 3. Poor; mean; worthless; as, a sorry excuse. "With sorry grace." --Chaucer. Cheeks of sorry grain will serve. --Milton. Good fruit will sometimes grow on a sorry tree. --Sir W. Scott. Syn: Hurt; afflicted; mortified; vexed; chagrined; melancholy; dismal; poor; mean; pitiful.
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Language Translation for : sorry
Spanish:
lo siento,
German:
leid tun,
Japanese:
ごめんなさい
sorry
O.E. sarig "distressed, full of sorrow," from W.Gmc. *sairig-, from *sairaz "pain" (physical and mental); related to sar (see sore). Meaning "wretched, worthless, poor" first recorded c.1250. Spelling shift from -a- to -o- by influence of sorrow. Apologetic sense is from 1914; as another way to say "excuse me" it is first attested 1972, from phrase sorry about that, popularized 1960s by U.S. TV show "Get Smart."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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sorry
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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