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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.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE sārig; c. LG sērig, OHG sērag. See sore, -y 1

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.

Antonyms:
1. happy.
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sor·ry   (sŏr'ē, sôr'ē)   
adj.   sor·ri·er, sor·ri·est

  1. Feeling or expressing sympathy, pity, or regret: I'm sorry I'm late.

  2. Worthless or inferior; paltry: a sorry excuse.

  3. Causing sorrow, grief, or misfortune; grievous: a sorry development.


[Middle English sori, from Old English sārig, sad, from sār, sore.]
sor'ri·ly adv., sor'ri·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
sorry

and pathetic
  1. mod.
    pitiful; drawing ridicule or scorn; worthy more of condemnation than pity. (In colloquial use these words are usually used in sarcasm and disgust.) : You are one sorry bastard! , You are a pathetic person and a pathetic example of a quarterback!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

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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Idioms & Phrases

sorry

see better safe than sorry.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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