Definitions for sorry
ˈsɒr i, ˈsɔr isor·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. regretful, sorry, badadjective

   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"

2. deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorryadjective

   bad; unfortunate

   "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"

3. good-for-nothing, good-for-naught, meritless, no-account, no-count, no-good, sorryadjective

   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. blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, drearyadjective

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. sorrynoun

   The act of saying sorry; an apology.

2. sorryadjective

   Regretful for an action; grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone.

3. sorryadjective

   Poor, sad or regrettable.

   The storm left his garden in a sorry state.

4. sorryinterjection

   Expresses regret, remorse, or sorrow.

   Sorry! I didn't see that you were on the phone.

5. sorryinterjection

   Used as a request for someone to repeat something not heard or understood clearly.

   Sorry? What was that? The phone cut out.

6. Etymology: From sory, from sarig, from sairagaz, from sayǝw-. Cognate with serig, dialectal sehrig. More at sore.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sorryadjective

   Etymology: sarig , Saxon.

   1. Grieved for something past. It is generally used of slight or casual miscarriages or vexations, but sometimes of greater things. It does not imply any long continuance of grief.

   O, forget
   What we are sorry for ourselves in thee. Timon of Athens.

   The king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath’s sake he commanded the Baptist’s head to be given her. Matth. xiv. 9.

   I’m sorry for thee, friend; ’tis the duke’s pleasure. William Shakespeare.

   We are sorry for the satire interspersed in some of these pieces, upon a few people, from whom the highest provocations have been received. Jonathan Swift.

   2. [From saur, filth, Islandick.]Vile; worthless; vexatious.

   A salt and sorry rheum offends me:
   Lend me thy handkerchief. William Shakespeare, Othello.

   How now, why do you keep alone?
   Of sorriest fancies your companions making,
   Using those thoughts, which should, indeed, have died
   With them they think on. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   If the union of the parts consist only in rest, it would seem that a bag of dust would be of as firm a consistence as that of marble; and Bajazet’s cage had been but a sorry prison. Joseph Glanvill.

   Coarse complexions,
   And cheeks of sorry grain will serve to ply
   The sampler, and to teize the housewife’s wool. John Milton.

   How vain were all the ensigns of his power, that could not su port him against one slighting look of a sorry slave! Roger L'Estrange.

   If this innocent had any relation to his Thebais, the poet might have found some sorry excuse for detaining the reader. Dryden.

   If such a slight and sorry business as that could produce one organical body, one might reasonably expect, that now and then a dead lump of dough might be leavened into an animal. Richard Bentley, Sermons.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sorry

   Sorry is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé for her sixth studio album Lemonade (2016). It was written and produced by Wynter Gordon, MeLo-X and Beyoncé, with Hit-Boy serving as a co-producer and Stuart White as an additional producer. Columbia Records serviced it to radio stations as the album's second single on May 3, 2016. "Sorry" is an electro-R&B song with a thumping rhythm created by drum beats, synthesizers and bells. The song's lyrics revolve around the protagonist dealing with betrayal of a partner with another woman referred to as "Becky". Due to the numerous allegations featured in the song, media linked its subject matter to the singer and her husband, Jay-Z. Upon the release of Lemonade, "Sorry" was deemed the most unapologetic song on the album; critics praised the self-empowering attitude adopted by the singer and praised its catchy lines. "Sorry" debuted and peaked at number eleven on the US Billboard Hot 100. It was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling over 1,000,000 copies in the country.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sorry

   Sorry is an expression used to convey feelings of regret, remorse, or sympathy for causing inconvenience, harm, or distress to someone else. It is an acknowledgement of a wrongdoing or mistake with a genuine intention to apologize and make amends for the actions or words that have caused hurt or offense.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sorryadjective

   grieved for the loss of some good; pained for some evil; feeling regret; -- now generally used to express light grief or affliction, but formerly often used to express deeper feeling

2. Sorryadjective

   melancholy; dismal; gloomy; mournful

3. Sorryadjective

   poor; mean; worthless; as, a sorry excuse

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Sorry

   sor′i, adj. grieved for something past: melancholy: poor: worthless.—adj. Sorr′iest (Shak.), most sorrowful.—adv. Sorr′ily.—n. Sorr′iness. [A.S. sárig, wounded—sár, pain; Dut. zeerig.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'sorry' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1412

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'sorry' in Written Corpus Frequency: #255

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'sorry' in Adjectives Frequency: #98

How to pronounce sorry?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say sorry in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sorry in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sorry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of sorry in a Sentence

1. D. H. Lawerence:

   I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A bird will fall frozen dead from the bow of a ship without ever having felt sorry for itself.

2. Heather Lydia Thornhill:

   I'm sorry for my hands. I'm sorry for all the things they I didn't do. I'm sorry that instead of holding you I held my own hand. I'm sorry for all the times that I didn't understand.

3. Tofazzal Alam:

   It seems he dont care what has been done. He has no emotion. He looks all right, i feel sorry. Sorry for myself. Sorry for my friends who have been killed. And for him.

4. Ian Thompson:

   I’m down on my knees saying that I’m sorry to the guys for the things that I said, saying that I’m sorry to America and saying I’m sorry to the people in the audience that were offended by the things that I said.

5. Kanye West:

   I don't know if I properly apologized for how that slave comment made people feel, so I want to take this moment right now to say that I'm sorry for hurting, I'm sorry for the one-two effect of the MAGA hat into the slave comment, and I'm sorry for people who felt let down by that moment, and also I appreciate you guys giving me the opportunity to talk to you about the way I was thinking and what I was going through and what led me to that.

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