Definitions for sorry

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sorry sor·ry

Spelling: [sor-ee, sawr-ee]

IPA: /ˈsɒr i, ˈsɔr i/

Sorry is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 25 anagrams from letters in sorry (orrsy).

Definitions for sorry

adjective

1. feeling regret, compunction, sympathy, pity, etc.:
2. regrettable or deplorable; unfortunate; tragic:
3. sorrowful, grieved, or sad:
4. associated with sorrow; suggestive of grief or suffering; melancholy; dismal.
5. wretched, poor, useless, or pitiful:

interjection

1. (used as a conventional apology or expression of regret):

Origin of sorry

before 900; Middle English; Old English sārig; cognate with Low German sērig, Old High German sērag. See sore, -y¹

Examples for sorry

Which was very ugly in me, and I cried afterwards and told her how sorry I was.

“sorry I can't give you more, but at this time our office has no comment,” his spokesman, Sergio Gor, said.

I am so sorry that your parents did this to you, developing their own discriminatory take on your existence.

Capra is sorry he can't attend but wants both Hitch and Alma to know he is thinking of them.

I forgive you, if you are sorry for the fault, and my arms are ready to receive you.

And then it broke down, and the woman says, 'I'm sorry, but we have to fix the internet, so it's down for the rest of the flight.'

I—I think that's all—and I'm sorry we're not—our families are not to be friends any more.

So she lies to the knight, telling him Madalena is sorry and wants him back.

"I am sorry you couldn't agree with Halbert Davis, Robert," she said, with a sigh.

She is a fine mare, and I am sorry to lose her, but we cannot help it.