sorry
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
How often you will meet it
Rank 736 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 25,410 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.012% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone also: regretful, bad felt regretful over his vanished youthregretful over mistakes she had made
- bad; unfortunate also: deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad my finances were in a deplorable statea lamentable decision
- without merit; of little or no value or use also: good-for-nothing, good-for-naught, meritless, no-account, no-count, no-good a sorry horsea sorry excuse
- causing dejection also: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy a blue daythe dark days of the war
sorry in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Indeed, I should be sorry to look like him.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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Is there anything I can do for you, Mr. Brown?--I'm real sorry.
Following the Equator — Part 1 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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But it was mournful to hear how sorry Great Will was over the animal he had slain.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete · George Meredith · Chapter 1
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And, as he told her, he was glad she happed to be alone, though sorry for the reason.
The Torch and Other Tales · Eden Phillpotts · Chapter 1
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The Hunter was sorry for the poor old woman, and he felt in his pocket and gave her all he could spare.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1