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    sor·ry
    [ˈsôrē, ˈsärē]
    adjective
    sorry (adjective) · sorrier (comparative adjective) · sorriest (superlative adjective)
    1. feeling distress, especially through sympathy with someone else's misfortune:
      "I was sorry to hear about what happened to your family"
      • (sorry for)
        filled with compassion for:
        "he couldn't help feeling sorry for her when he heard how she'd been treated"
    2. feeling regret or penitence:
      "he said he was sorry he had upset me" · "I'm sorry if I was a bit brusque"
      • used as an expression of apology:
        "sorry—I was trying not to make a noise"
      • used as a polite request that someone should repeat something that one has failed to hear or understand:
        "Sorry? In case I what?"
    3. in a poor or pitiful state or condition:
      "he looks a sorry sight with his broken jaw"
      • unpleasant and regrettable, especially on account of incompetence or misbehavior:
        "we feel so ashamed that we keep quiet about the whole sorry business"
    Origin
    Old English sārig ‘pained, distressed’, of West Germanic origin, from the base of the noun sore. The shortening of the root vowel has given the word an apparent connection with the unrelated sorrow.
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    adjective
    1. feeling distress, especially through sympathy with someone else's misfortune:
      sad
      unhappy
      sorrowful
      distressed
      upset
      depressed
      downcast
      miserable
      downhearted
      disheartened
      dejected
      down
      despondent
      despairing
      disconsolate
      broken-hearted
      heartbroken
      inconsolable
      grief-stricken
      sympathetic
      pitying
      compassionate
      moved
      commiserative
      consoling
      empathetic
      caring
      concerned
      understanding
      full of pity
      Opposite:
      glad
      unsympathetic
      • feeling regret or penitence:
        regretful
        remorseful
        contrite
        repentant
        rueful
        penitent
        conscience-stricken
        apologetic
        abject
        guilty
        guilt-ridden
        self-reproachful
        bad
        ashamed
        shamefaced
        sheepish
        afraid
        compunctious
        in sackcloth and ashes
        Opposite:
        unrepentant
      • in a poor or pitiful state or condition:
        pitiful
        pitiable
        heart-rending
        distressing
        unfortunate
        wretched
        unhappy
        unlucky
        disastrous
        calamitous
        regrettable
        mortifying
        shameful
        awful
        distressful
         
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      1. Merriam Webster
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        Learn the meaning, pronunciation, and usage of the word sorry in British and American English. Find out how to apologize, express sympathy, or correct yourself with sorry and its synonyms.

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        What does it mean if you feel sorry for someone?
        1. (often foll by: for) feeling or expressing pity, sympathy, remorse, grief, or regret: I feel sorry for him. 2. pitiful, wretched, or deplorable: a sorry sight. 3. poor; paltry: a sorry excuse. 1. feeling regret, compunction, sympathy, pity, etc.: sorry to leave one's friends. 2. regrettable or deplorable; unfortunate: a sorry situation.

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        How do you Say Sorry in a sentence?
        I feel so sorry for people in that situation. I'm sorry you're ill - I hope you get well soon. I'm sorry, but I think you've made a mistake. He was a sorry sight when he got home - soaking and covered in mud. "That's my foot you're stepping on." "Sorry!" apologize I apologize for the error. say sorry He didn't even say sorry.

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        When do you use 'I'm Sorry' as an introduction?
        You use I'm sorry or sorry as an introduction when you are telling a person something that you do not think they will want to hear, for example when you are disagreeing with them or giving them bad news. No, I'm sorry, I can't agree with you. 'I'm sorry,' he told the real estate agent, 'but we really must go now.'

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        When do you say sorry?
        You say ' Sorry? ' when you have not heard something that someone has said and you want them to repeat it. You use sorry when you correct yourself and use different words to say what you have just said, especially when what you say the second time does not use the words you would normally choose to use.

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        What is sorry adjective?
        Definition of sorry adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary You can also use more sorry and most sorry. Idioms [not before noun] feeling sad and ashamed about something that has been done sorry about something We're very sorry about the damage to your car. I'm sorry about the mess—I haven't had a chance to tidy up yet.

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        What does a sorry state mean?
        Barcelona will be hoping to bring the trophy back to Spain (sorry, Catalonia) for the first time. If someone or something is in a sorry state, they are in a bad state, mentally or physically. The fire left Kuwait's oil industry in a sorry state. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

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        You say ' Sorry ' or ' I'm sorry ' as a way of apologizing to someone for something that you have done which has upset them or caused them difficulties, or when you bump into them accidentally.

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