[
US
/ˈsɑɹi/
]
[ UK /sˈɒɹi/ ]
[ UK /sˈɒɹi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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bad; unfortunate
her clothes were in sad shape
a lamentable decision
a sorry state of affairs
my finances were in a deplorable state -
causing dejection
a blue day
grim rainy weather
the dark days of the war
the first dismal dispiriting days of November
a week of rainy depressing weather
a dark gloomy day
a disconsolate winter landscape -
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
regretful over mistakes she had made
he felt bad about breaking the vase
felt regretful over his vanished youth -
without merit; of little or no value or use
a sorry excuse
the car was a no-good piece of junk
a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick
a sorry horse
How To Use sorry In A Sentence
- Sorry, that was a bit of a goof on my part!
- Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you.
- I'm sorry to bother you but I wondered if I could speak to you for a moment.
- Once again, sorry if I sped things up too quickly, but I can't change my desire to get this story finished.
- I'm sorry to be such a marplot, but you can take it out in quizzing me after I'm gone. Rose in Bloom
- Let me start by saying sorry if this has been posted elsewhere, but I couldn't find it in the sticky and I'm not sure how to search whole questions.
- Sorry Richard if I seem overexercised by Marilyn Frith on Tuesday, Apr 1, 2008 at 4: 23: 01 PM The Clinton Firewall
- But perhaps you just feel sorry for the poor rabbit. Times, Sunday Times
- I'm sorry but I can't.
- It all makes me feel rather sorry for men: as if being present at the birth has become some sort of test of moral fibre.