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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Sorry \Sor"ry\, a. [Compar. Sorrier; superl. Sorriest.] [OE.
     sory, sary, AS. s[=a]rig, fr. s[=a]r, n., sore. See Sore,
     n. & a. The original sense was, painful; hence, miserable,
     sad.]
     1. 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. ``I am sorry for my sins.'' --Piers
        Plowman.
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              Ye were made sorry after a godly manner. --2 Cor.
                                                    vii. 9.
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              I am sorry for thee, friend; 't is the duke's
              pleasure.                             --Shak.
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              She entered, were he lief or sorry.   --Spenser.
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     2. Melancholy; dismal; gloomy; mournful. --Spenser.
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              All full of chirking was this sorry place.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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     3. Poor; mean; worthless; as, a sorry excuse. ``With sorry
        grace.'' --Chaucer.
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              Cheeks of sorry grain will serve.     --Milton.
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              Good fruit will sometimes grow on a sorry tree.
                                                    --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     Syn: Hurt; afflicted; mortified; vexed; chagrined;
          melancholy; dismal; poor; mean; pitiful.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Sorry \Sor"ry\, a. [Compar. Sorrier; superl. Sorriest.] [OE.
     sory, sary, AS. s[=a]rig, fr. s[=a]r, n., sore. See Sore,
     n. & a. The original sense was, painful; hence. miserable,
     sad.]
     1. 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. ``I am sorry for my sins.'' --Piers
        Plowman.
  
              Ye were made sorry after a godly manner. --2 Cor.
                                                    vii. 9.
  
              I am sorry for thee, friend; 't is the duke's
              pleasure.                             --Shak.
  
              She entered, were he lief or sorry.   --Spenser.
  
     2. Melancholy; dismal; gloomy; mournful. --Spenser.
  
              All full of chirking was this sorry place.
                                                    --Chaucer.
  
     3. Poor; mean; worthless; as, a sorry excuse. ``With sorry
        grace.'' --Chaucer.
  
              Cheeks of sorry grain will serve.     --Milton.
  
              Good fruit will sometimes grow on a sorry tree.
                                                    --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
  
     Syn: Hurt; afflicted; mortified; vexed; chagrined;
          melancholy; dismal; poor; mean; pitiful.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  sorry
       adj 1: keenly sorry or regretful; "felt bad about letting the team
              down"; "was sorry that she had treated him so badly";
              "felt bad about breaking the vase" [syn: bad]
       2: feeling or expressing sorrow or pity; "a pitying observer
          threw his coat around her shoulders"; "let him perish
          without a pitying thought of ours wasted upon him"- Thomas
          De Quincey [syn: pitying, sorry for(p)]
       3: having 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" [syn: regretful]
          [ant: unregretful]
       4: feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
          [syn: contrite, remorseful, rueful, ruthful]
       5: bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state";
          "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape";
          "a sorry state of affairs" [syn: deplorable, distressing,
           lamentable, pitiful, sad]
       6: depressing in character or appearance; "drove through dingy
          streets"; "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens;
          "drab old buildings"; "a dreary mining town"; "gloomy
          tenements"; "sorry routine that follows on the heels of
          death"- B.A.Williams [syn: dingy, dismal, drab, drear,
           dreary, gloomy]
       7: 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" [syn: good-for-nothing, good-for-naught,
           meritless, no-account, no-count, no-good]
       [also: sorriest, sorrier]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  sorry
     Αγγλικά a.
     λυπημένος, λυπάμαι
     Αγγλικά interj.
     συγνώμη

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  sorry
     Czech interj.
     (lb cs informal) (l en sorry) (gloss: I apologize)
     Dutch interj.
     1 (l en sorry) (gloss: expressing regret)
     2 sorry, pardon, excuse me
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm sorre)
     Middle English n.
     (q: Late ME) (alt form enm sory)
     Spanish interj.
     (lb es informal) (l en sorry) (gloss: expressing regret)
     Yola n.
     sorrow

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  sorry
     a.
     1 (lb en of a person) regretful or apologetic for one's actions.
     2 (senseid en saddened) (lb en of a person) grieved or saddened,
  especially by the loss of something or someone.
     3 Poor, pitifully sad or regrettable.
     4 pathetic#Adjective; contemptible inadequate.
     interj.
     1 (ngd: Expresses regret, remorse, or sorrow.)
     2 (ngd: Used as a request for someone to repeat something not heard
  or understood clearly.)
     3 (ngd: Used to correct oneself in speech.)
     4 (ngd: Said as a request to pass somebody.)
     n.
     The act of saying sorry; an apology.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  sorry
     Czech interj.
     (lb cs informal) (l en sorry) (gloss: I apologize)
     Dutch interj.
     1 (l en sorry) (gloss: expressing regret)
     2 sorry, pardon, excuse me
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm sorre)
     Middle English n.
     (q: Late ME) (alt form enm sory)
     Spanish interj.
     (lb es informal) (l en sorry) (gloss: expressing regret)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  sorry
     Czech interj.
     (lb cs informal) (l en sorry) (gloss: I apologize)
     Dutch interj.
     1 (l en sorry) (gloss: expressing regret)
     2 sorry, pardon, excuse me
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm sorre)
     Middle English n.
     (q: Late ME) (alt form enm sory)
     Spanish interj.
     (lb es informal) (l en sorry) (gloss: expressing regret)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  sorry
     Englanti a.
     1 pahoillaan oleva, pahoitteleva, katuva
     2 surkea, kehno
     Englanti interj.
     anteeksi, sori

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  sorry
     interj.
     (tagg vardagligt anglicism) förlåt
     Nederländska interj.
     1 förlåt, förlåt mig, sorry
     2 ursäkta, ursäkta mig, sorry

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  sorry
     interj.
     (tagg vardagligt anglicism) förlåt

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Sorry /sˈɒɹi/
  آسف

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  sorry //ˈsɑɹ.i// //ˈsɒɹ.i// //ˈsɔɹ.i// 
  1. мрачен, тъжен
  grieved, saddened
  2. жалък
  poor, regrettable
  3. съжаляващ
  repentant, apologetic

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  sorry //ˈsɑɹ.i// //ˈsɒɹ.i// //ˈsɔɹ.i// 
  1. извине́те, извинявай, пардо́н, съжалявам
  expression of regret or sorrow
  2. моля?
  request to repeat