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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 yvlog Forms
- ǰ۾· adverb
- ǰ۾·Ա noun
- ܲ·ǰ۲ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of sorry1
Idioms and Phrases
see better safe than sorry .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
“Online service not available. We’re sorry but the online service you requested isn’t available right now. We apologize for the inconvenience.”
So it's not the same thing, but it is certainly informed by that sorry history.
I felt sorry for their travelling fans because the team offered no threat whatsoever, and didn't even try to score.
"I am truly sorry and regretful that I could not live up to your expectations," he said.
Her friend Rabina Azil, 43, added: "I feel sorry for the shop owners, it's not their fault but it stops you coming out."
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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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