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The Meaning of sorry

  • (a.) Grieved for the loss of some good; pained for some evil; feeling regret; -- now generally used to express light grief or affliction, but formerly often used to express deeper feeling.
  • (a.) Melancholy; dismal; gloomy; mournful.
  • (a.) Poor; mean; worthless; as, a sorry excuse.

Synonyms

regretful , bad , deplorable , distressing , lamentable , pitiful , sad , good-for-nothing , good-for-naught , meritless , no-account , no-count , no-good , blue , dark , dingy , disconsolate , dismal , gloomy , grim , drab , drear , dreary

Antonyms

unregretful

Homophones

sari

Rhymes

abare , altomare , amakudari , amari , anbari , ansari , ari , atari , baccari , baldassare , baldassari , baldassarre , bari , bihari , bottari , cagliari , canevari , chary , colombari , cribari , cundari , decesare , degutare , dibari , dicesare , dimare , ferrari , funari , furnari , gari , gharry , halbutogullari , harare , hari , imari , jarry , lamarre , lauri , laurie , lazzari , legare , licari , lipari , lohrey , mari , massari , montanari , pary , popolare , safari , sari , scolari , shari , sharry , sistare , solari , sparry , starry , tassinari , trifari , ulibarri , valdeshari , vari , vicari , zary