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Sorry   /sˈɑri/   Listen
Sorry

adjective
(compar. sorrier; superl. sorriest)
1.
Feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone.  Synonyms: bad, regretful.  "Regretful over mistakes she had made" , "He felt bad about breaking the vase"  Antonym: unregretful.
2.
Bad; unfortunate.  Synonyms: deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad.  "A lamentable decision" , "Her clothes were in sad shape" , "A sorry state of affairs"
3.
Without merit.  Synonyms: good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, meritless, no-account, no-count, no-good.  "A sorry excuse" , "A lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick" , "The car was a no-good piece of junk"
4.
Causing dejection.  Synonyms: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim.  "The dark days of the war" , "A week of rainy depressing weather" , "A disconsolate winter landscape" , "The first dismal dispiriting days of November" , "A dark gloomy day" , "Grim rainy weather"





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"Sorry" Quotes from Famous Books



... General Buell's army was assembling at Louisville, Terrill was with it as a brigadier-general (for, although a Virginian, he had remained loyal), and I then took the initiative toward a renewal of our acquaintance. Our renewed friendship was not destined to be of long duration, I am sorry to say, for a few days later, in the battle of Perryville, while gallantly fighting for his country, ...
— The Memoirs of General P. H. Sheridan, Complete • General Philip Henry Sheridan
... "I'm sorry—" Sol's voice was pained. "The man in the diner said you might put me up. I had my car stolen: a hitchhiker; going to Salinas ..." ...
— Dream Town • Henry Slesar
... writing by the entrance of my cook and housekeeper, Antoinette. She was sorry to disturb me, but did Monsieur like sorrel? She was preparing some veau a l'oseille for lunch, and Stenson (my man) had informed her that it was disgusting stuff and that ...
— The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne • William J. Locke
... courtesy obliged. So that in reality, though the old lord was hearty and good-natured, I believe I am here now because Mademoiselle Nina commanded me, rather than from any other reason. If this be true, it is, to say the least, a sorry compliment to my sense of delicacy. Her words were, "You shall stay," and it is upon ...
— Lord Kilgobbin • Charles Lever
... "I am sorry," said Keen thoughtfully. "We take so much pride in these matters. When one of my agents discovered where this person was, I was rather—happy; for I have taken a peculiar personal interest in ...
— The Tracer of Lost Persons • Robert W. Chambers


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