Sorry in English dictionary

  • sorry

    Meanings and definitions of "Sorry"

    • (of a person) Regretful for an action; grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone.
    • Poor, sad or regrettable.
    • Expresses regret, remorse, or sorrow.
    • Used as a request for someone to repeat something not heard or understood clearly.
    • The act of saying sorry; an apology.
    • adjective
      (of a person)
      Regretful for an action; grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone.
    • adjective
      Poor, sad or regrettable.
    • interjection
      Expresses regret, remorse, or sorrow.
    • interjection
      Used as a request for someone to repeat something not heard or understood clearly.
    • interjection
      Used to correct oneself in speech.
    • noun
      The act of saying sorry; an apology.
    • regretful for an action or grieved
    • poor, regrettable
    • expression of regret or sorrow
    • request to repeat
    • (I’m) sorry
    • An interjection expressing regret, remorse, or sorrow.
    • adjective
      bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"
    • adjective
      causing dejection; "a blue day"; "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"
    • adjective
      feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone; "felt regretful over his vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made"; "he felt bad about breaking the vase"
    • adjective
      without merit; of little or no value or use; "a sorry horse"; "a sorry excuse"; "a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick"; "the car was a no-good piece of junk"

    Synonyms of "Sorry" in English dictionary

    disconsolate, meritless, drear are the top synonyms of "Sorry" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "Sorry" in English dictionary

    unregretful is the antonym of "Sorry" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of Sorry

    • sorry!
    • sorry ( plural  sorries)
    • sorry ( comparative sorrier, superlative sorriest)
    • sorry (comparative sorrier, superlative sorriest)
    • sorry (plural sorries or sorrys)
  • Sorry

    Meanings and definitions of "Sorry"

    • Sorry, Wrong Number

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