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- pronunciation:
- sa
ri
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so
ri
- parts of speech:
- adjective, interjection
- phrases:
- be sorry
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
sorrier, sorriest |
| definition 1: |
feeling regret, pity, sympathy, or the like.
We are sorry to have missed you.
- synonyms:
- regretful
- antonyms:
- glad, unrepentant, unsympathetic
- similar words:
- afraid, apologetic, ashamed, bad, contrite, guilty, penitent, pitying, remorseful, rueful, sad, sorrowful, sympathetic
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| definition 2: |
resulting in misfortune, grief, or regret.
a sorry situation- synonyms:
- grievous, miserable, regrettable, unfortunate, wretched
- antonyms:
- happy
- similar words:
- deplorable, difficult, dire, gloomy, heartbreaking, melancholy, painful, pathetic, rueful, sad, sorrowful, tragic, unhappy, woeful
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| definition 3: |
wretched, poor, or pitiful.
He's a sorry excuse for a painter.- synonyms:
- miserable, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched
- antonyms:
- excellent, great
- similar words:
- abject, hopeless, pathetic, ridiculous, rotten, woebegone, woeful
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| definition 4: |
contemptible; deplorable.
His dishonesty will bring his life to a sorry end.- synonyms:
- contemptible, deplorable, miserable, pitiable, pitiful, wretched
- antonyms:
- admirable
- similar words:
- abject, disgraceful, dishonorable, evil, lamentable, rotten, shameful, sordid, squalid
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| related words: |
bad, base, cheap, cheerless, contemptible, lowly, mean, miserable, shabby, vile |
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| phrase: |
be sorry |
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| part of speech: |
interjection |
| definition: |
used as an expression of apology or regret.
- similar words:
- oops, whoops
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| derivations: |
sorrily (adv.), sorriness (n.) |
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