Sorry

/ˈsɒɹi/ · adjective

Meaning

(of a person) Regretful or apologetic for one's actions..

Definitions by Sense

1. (of a person) Regretful or apologetic for one's actions.
2. (of a person) Grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone.
3. Poor, pitifully sad or regrettable.
4. Pathetic; contemptibly inadequate.
5. Expresses regret, remorse, or sorrow.
6. Said as a request to excuse one's unintentional behaviors.
7. Said as a request to pass somebody.
8. Used as a request for someone to repeat something not heard or understood clearly.

Example Sentences

I am sorry I stepped on your toes. It was an accident.

I feel sorry for you, about your exam results.

The President was sorry to hear that the Ambassador was leaving.

The storm left his garden in a sorry state.

... often the only movement on the landscape is winter smoke winding out the chimney of some sorry-looking farmhouse ...

Bob is a sorry excuse for a football player.

The sorry experience did little to suggest that Musk knows how to run a social media platform or that DeSantis is capable of governing a global superpower armed with nuclear weapons.

Sorry! I didn't see that you were on the phone.

Synonyms for sorry

Antonyms for sorry

Related Words

Word Forms

• sorrier
• sorriest
• sorries
• sorrys
• sorrying
• sorried

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