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| sor·ry [ sórree, sáwree ] |
adjective (comparative sor·ri·er, superlative sor·ri·est) |
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1. apologetic: feeling or expressing regret for an action that has upset or inconvenienced somebody, or is likely to do so
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2. sympathetic: feeling or expressing sympathy or empathy, especially because of something that has happened
  I felt sorry it had to end that way.
Don't start feeling sorry for yourself.
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3. pitiful: pitifully bad or neglected
a sorry little cottage with an overgrown garden
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4. very bad: pathetically or contemptibly unsatisfactory
a sorry excuse for a car
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interjection |
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1. used as apology: used as an apology for hurting, interrupting, or inconveniencing somebody
Sorry - I didn't realize that I stepped on your foot.
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2. asking somebody to repeat something: used with an interrogative inflection to ask somebody to repeat something
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informal
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Sorry? What did you just say?
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3. used as correcting remark: used to introduce a correction in speech
The company employs 10,000- sorry, 12,000 workers nationwide.
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| [ Old English sārig< sār (see sore)] |
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| sor·ri·ly adverb |
| sor·ri·ness noun |
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say you're sorry to apologize to somebody
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