Sorry definition
Sorry is an adjective meaning "feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone." It has 4 meanings, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Syllables
- 2
- Letters
- 5
- How common
- Everyday word
Sorry as an adjective
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
Same sense: bad, regretful
bad; unfortunate
"a sorry state of affairs"
Same sense: sad, pitiful, deplorable, distressing, lamentable
without merit; of little or no value or use
"a sorry horse"
Same sense: no-good, good-for-nothing, no-account, no-count, good-for-naught, meritless
causing dejection
Same sense: blue, dark, grim, gloomy, dismal, dreary, drab, dingy
Synonyms and antonyms
- bad definition
- regretful
- sad
- pitiful
- deplorable
- distressing
- lamentable
- no-good
- good-for-nothing
- no-account
- no-count
- good-for-naught
- meritless
- blue definition
- dark
- grim
- gloomy
- dismal
- dreary
- drab
- dingy
How to say sorry
Sorry has 2 syllables and rhymes with safari. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with sorry
- safari
- sari
- calamari
- chary
SORRY in word games
- Scrabble
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 7
- Anagrams
- 0
Is SORRY a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check SORRY in the word checker, or unscramble SORRY to see the shorter words in its letters.
Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.