6. sorry (used interjectionally as a conventional apology): Did I bump you? Sorry.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE sārig, c. OS, OHG sērag. See sore , -y1)
Definition of 'Sorry'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (adj)regretful, sorry, bad feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of lossover something done or undone "felt regretful over his vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made"; "he felt bad about breaking the vase"
2. (adj)deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry bad; unfortunate "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"
3. (adj)good-for-nothing, good-for-naught, meritless, no-account, no-count, no-good, sorry without merit "a sorry horse"; "a sorry excuse"; "a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick"; "the car was a no-good piece of junk"
4. (adj)blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary causingdejection "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"
1. (adjective)sorry feelingregret or embarrassment about sth you have done I'm sorry I'm late.; He didn't seem sorry about having been so mean.; I'm sorry for laughing, but it is funny.; We were sorry that we had spent all our money.
2. sorry feelingpity or sadness for sb I'm sorry you're not feeling too good.; We were sorry to hear about your accident.; I feel sorry for him having to drive so far.
3. sorry feel sorry for yourself to pity yourself but make no effort to change your situation What's the point of sitting around feeling sorry for yourself?
4. sorry disappointed I was sorry to hear you can't join us.
Definition of 'Sorry'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)Sorry grieved for the loss of some good; pained for some evil; feeling regret; -- now generally used to expresslightgrief or affliction, but formerly often used to express deeper feeling