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Definitions for Sorry

[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 as a conventional apology or expression of regret): Sorry, you're misinformed. Did I bump you? Sorry.
[7] (usually postpositive often foll by for ) feeling or expressing pity, sympathy, remorse, grief, or regret I feel sorry for him
[8] pitiful, wretched, or deplorable a sorry sight
[9] poor; paltry a sorry excuse
[10] affected by sorrow; sad
[11] causing sorrow or sadness
[12] an exclamation expressing apology, used esp at the time of the misdemeanour, offence, etc

Words related to Sorry

apologetic, touched, contrite, bad, sorrowful, pitiful, unhappy, distressing, miserable, dismal, sad, conscience-stricken, penitent, repentant, shamefaced, compunctious, penitential, attritional, disconsolate, distressed

Words nearby Sorry

sorrentino, sorrento, sorrow, sorrowful, sorrows of young werther, the, sorry, sort, sort code, sort out, sorta, sortal

Origin of Sorry

before 900; Middle English; Old English sārig; cognate with Low German sērig, Old High German sērag. See sore, -y1

Other words from Sorry

sor·ri·ly , adverb
sor·ri·ness , noun
un·sor·ry , adjective

Word origin for Sorry

Old English sārig; related to Old High German sērag; see sore

Synonyms for Sorry

apologetic, contrite, touched, attritional, compunctious, conscience-stricken, guilt-ridden, melted, penitent, penitential, repentant, self-accusing, self-condemnatory, self-reproachful, shamefaced, softened