Sorry
WordNet
adjective
(1) Causing dejection
"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"
(2) Feeling or expressing sorrow or pity
"A pitying observer threw his coat around her shoulder"
(3) Bad; unfortunate
"My finances were in a deplorable state"
"A lamentable decision"
"Her clothes were in sad shape"
"A sorry state of affairs"
(4) Feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
"Felt regretful over his vanished youth"
"Regretful over mistakes she had made"
"He felt bad about breaking the vase"
(5) Without merit
"A sorry horse"
"A sorry excuse"
"A lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick"
"The car was a no-good piece of junk"
WiktionaryText
Adjective
- Of a person, grieved for the loss of something or someone, or prefering to undo an act.
- I am sorry I stepped on your toes. It was an accident.
- Poor, sad or regrettable.
- The storm left his garden in a sorry state.
Interjection
sorry!
- Expresses regret, remorse, or sorrow.
- Sorry! I didn't see that you were on the phone.
- Used as a request for someone to repeat something not heard or understood clearly.
- Sorry? What was that? The phone cut out.