sorry
Part of speech: adj
intj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English sory, from Old English sāriġ (“feeling or expressing grief, sorry, grieved, sorrowful, sad, mournful, bitter”), from Proto-West Germanic *sairag, from Proto-Germanic *sairagaz (“sad”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂yro (“hard, rough, painful”). Cognate with Scots sairie (“sad, grieved”), Saterland Frisian seerich (“sore, inflamed”), West Frisian searich (“sad, sorry”), Low German serig (“sick, scabby”), German dialectal sehrig (“sore, sad, painful”), Swedish sårig. By surface analysis, sor(e) + -y. Unrelated to sorrow despite the similarity in form and meaning.
Inflected forms:
form: sorrier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: sorriest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: sorries
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: sorrys
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Regretful or apologetic for one's actions.
pos: adj
examples: I am sorry I stepped on your toes. It was an accident.
gloss: Grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone.
pos: adj
examples: I feel sorry for you, about your exam results.
The President was sorry to hear that the Ambassador was leaving.
gloss: Poor, pitifully sad or regrettable.
pos: adj
examples: The storm left his garden in a sorry state.
... often the only movement on the landscape is winter smoke winding out the chimney of some sorry-looking farmhouse ...
gloss: Pathetic; contemptibly inadequate.
pos: adj
examples: Bob is a sorry excuse for a football player.
The sorry experience did little to suggest that Musk knows how to run a social media platform or that DeSantis is capable of governing a global superpower armed with nuclear weapons.
gloss: Expresses regret, remorse, or sorrow.
pos: intj
examples: Sorry! I didn't see that you were on the phone.
Sorry about yesterday. — No worries.
Sorry I’m so late.
gloss: Said as a request to excuse one's unintentional behaviors.
pos: intj
examples: Oops! Sorry!
gloss: Said as a request to pass somebody.
pos: intj
examples: Sorry! Coming through!
gloss: Used as a request for someone to repeat something not heard or understood clearly.
pos: intj
examples: Sorry? What was that? The phone cut out.
gloss: Used to correct oneself in speech.
pos: intj
examples: There are four—sorry, five—local branches of the store.
gloss: Used as a hedge.
pos: intj
examples: Sorry, but I don't care what you think.
gloss: The act of saying sorry; an apology.
pos: noun
examples: The British would do it standing stock still, Latinos would dance their sorries, and Canadians would find a way to apologize on ice.
So learn how to tailor your sorries to the sexes. Women tend to want an acknowledgment of what they're going through...
Derived words: better safe than sorry
feel sorry for
glad and sorry
I'm sorry
it's too late for sorry
merry-go-sorry
sorrily
sorriness
sorry-ass
sorry business
sorry for 1999
sorry for oneself
sorryful
sorry I'm late
sorryish
sorry, not sorry
soz
supersorry
unsorry
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: ekskuus
lang: Afrikaans
word: wat het jy gesê?
lang: Afrikaans
word: wat sê jy?
lang: Arabic
word: عَفْوًا!
roman: ʕafwan!
lang: Arabic
word: مَاذَا قُلْتَ؟
roman: māḏā qulta?
lang: Arabic
word: مَاذَا قُلْتِ؟
roman: māḏā qulti?
lang: Arabic
word: عُذْراً!
roman: ʕuḏran!
lang: Bulgarian
word: мо́ля?
roman: mólja?
lang: Catalan
word: perdó
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 請再説一遍 /请再说一遍
roman: qǐng zài shuō yíbiàn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 再説一遍 /再说一遍
roman: zài shuō yíbiàn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 什麼？ /什么？
roman: shénme
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 哦？
roman: é?
lang: Czech
word: prosím?
lang: Danish
word: undskyld
lang: Dutch
word: pardon?
lang: Dutch
word: wat zegt u
lang: Dutch
word: wat zeg je
lang: Esperanto
word: pardonu
lang: Finnish
word: anteeksi
lang: French
word: excusez-moi
lang: French
word: excuse-moi
lang: French
word: pardon?
lang: French
word: comment?
lang: French
word: quoi
lang: French
word: hein?
lang: Georgian
word: უკაცრავად
roman: uḳacravad
lang: Georgian
word: რა
roman: ra
lang: German
word: wie bitte?
lang: German
word: bitte?
lang: German
word: wie?
lang: Hungarian
word: tessék?
lang: Hungarian
word: elnézést, nem értem
lang: Icelandic
word: afsakið?
lang: Icelandic
word: fyrirgefðu?
lang: Indonesian
word: maaf
lang: Irish
word: gabh mo leithscéal
lang: Italian
word: cosa?
lang: Italian
word: come?
lang: Italian
word: scusa?
lang: Italian
word: eh?
lang: Italian
word: scusi?
lang: Italian
word: mi scusi?
lang: Japanese
word: もう一回
roman: mō ikkai
lang: Japanese
word: もう一度
roman: mō ichido
lang: Japanese
word: もう一度いってください
roman: mō ichido itte kudasai
lang: Japanese
word: 何？
roman: nani?
lang: Japanese
word: え？
roman: e?
lang: Korean
word: 네?
roman: ne?
lang: Korean
word: 예?
roman: ye?
lang: Korean
word: 다시 한번 더 말씀해주세요
roman: dasi hanbeon deo malsseumhaejuseyo
lang: Korean
word: 다시 한번 더 말씀해주시겠어요?
roman: dasi hanbeon deo malsseumhaejusigesseoyo?
lang: Korean
word: 뭐라고?
roman: mworago?
lang: Korean
word: 뭐?
roman: mwo?
lang: Korean
word: 어?
roman: eo?
lang: Korean
word: 넹?
roman: neng?
lang: Central Kurdish
word: ببوورە
roman: bbûre
lang: Central Kurdish
word: بەڵێ
roman: bellê
lang: Latin
word: repete
lang: Limburgish
word: waat?
lang: Malay
word: minta maaf, maaf
lang: Mongolian
word: юу гэнээ?
roman: juu genee?
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: unnskyld
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: модлїм
roman: modljim
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: модлїме
roman: modljime
lang: Iranian Persian
word: بِبَخْشید
roman: bebaxšid
lang: Iranian Persian
word: مَعْذِرَت میخواهَم
roman: ma'zerat mi-xâham
lang: Polish
word: przepraszam?
lang: Polish
word: słucham?
lang: Portuguese
word: quê?
lang: Portuguese
word: como?
lang: Portuguese
word: hein?
lang: Portuguese
word: perdão?
lang: Russian
word: прошу́ проще́ния
roman: prošú proščénija
lang: Russian
word: что вы сказа́ли?
roman: što vy skazáli
lang: Russian
word: что?
roman: što?
lang: Northern Sami
word: ándagassii
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: b' àill leat?
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: b' àill leibh?
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: molim?
lang: Swedish
word: ursäkta
lang: Swedish
word: förlåt
lang: Turkish
word: pardon?
lang: Turkish
word: efendim
lang: Ukrainian
word: про́шу?
roman: próšu?
lang: Ukrainian
word: що?
roman: ščo?
lang: Ukrainian
word: що-що?
roman: ščo-ščo?
lang: Urdu
word: جِی؟
roman: jī?
lang: Urdu
word: کْیا؟
roman: kyā?
lang: Walloon
word: kimint djhoz?
lang: Walloon
word: kimint diss?
lang: Walloon
word: cwè?
lang: Walloon
word: pardon?