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   sorry

   /ˈsɒri/

   adjective

   • 1. feeling sad or distressed through sympathy with someone else's misfortune: "I was sorry to hear about what happened to your family" Similar sadunhappysorrowfuldistressedupsetdepresseddowncastmiserabledownhearteddishearteneddejecteddowndespondentdespairingdisconsolatebroken-heartedheartbrokeninconsolablegrief-strickenfull of pitysympatheticpityingcompassionatemovedcommiserativeconsolingempatheticcaringconcernedunderstandingOpposite gladunsympathetic
   • ▪ filled with compassion for: "I felt sorry for the poor boys working for him"
   • 2. feeling regret or penitence: "he said he was sorry he had upset me" Similar regretfulremorsefulcontriterepentantruefulpenitentconscience-strickenapologeticabjectguiltyguilt-riddenself-reproachfulbadashamedshamefacedsheepishin sackcloth and ashesafraidrare:compunctiousOpposite unrepentant
   • ▪ used to express apology: "sorry—I was trying not to make a noise"
   • ▪ used as a polite request that someone should repeat something that one has failed to hear or understand: "I'm sorry—you were saying?"
   • 3. in a poor or pitiful state: "he looks a sorry sight with his broken jaw" Similar pitifulpitiableheart-rendingdistressingunfortunatewretchedunhappyunluckydisastrouscalamitousregrettablemortifyingshamefulawfulrare:distressful
   • ▪ unpleasant and regrettable, especially on account of incompetence or misbehaviour: "we feel so ashamed that we keep quiet about the whole sorry business"

   Word Origin Old Englishsārig ‘pained, distressed’, of West Germanic origin, from the base of the noun sore. The shortening of the root vowel has given the word an apparent connection with the unrelated sorrow.

   Derivatives

   • 1. sorrily adverb
   • 2. sorriness noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   To be sorry is to feel regret or feel bad about something — usually something you did. "I'm sorry " is an apology. If you're feeling sorry about something, then you're feeling a combination of sadness and regret.

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishMeaning of sorry – Learner’s Dictionary - Cambridge Dictionary

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