sorry

Words with a similar base: sorry

'sorry'

[regretful.a.01] as in: feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone

Examples:
felt regretful over his vanished youth
regretful over mistakes she had made
he felt bad about breaking the vase

'sorry'

[deplorable.s.01] as in: bad; unfortunate

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

'sorry'

[good-for-nothing.s.01] as in: without merit

Examples:
a sorry horse
a sorry excuse
a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick
the car was a no-good piece of junk

'sorry'

[blue.s.08] as in: causing dejection

Examples:
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

Origins

					sorry (English)
└── sory (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── sarig (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

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