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sorry

/ˈsɑɹi/
adjectiveinterjectionnoun

Regretful or apologetic for one's actions.

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Adjective 4 meanings

  1. Regretful or apologetic for one's actions.

    “I am sorry I stepped on your toes. It was an accident.”

  2. Grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone.

    “I feel sorry for you, about your exam results.”

  3. Poor, pitifully sad or regrettable.

    “The storm left his garden in a sorry state.”

  4. Pathetic; contemptibly inadequate.

    “Bob is a sorry excuse for a football player.”

Interjection 4 meanings

  1. Expresses regret, remorse, or sorrow.

    “Sorry! I didn't see that you were on the phone.”

  2. Said as a request to excuse one's unintentional behaviors.

  3. Said as a request to pass somebody.

    “Sorry! Coming through!”

  4. Used as a request for someone to repeat something not heard or understood clearly.

    “Sorry? What was that? The phone cut out.”

Noun 1 meaning

  1. The act of saying sorry; an apology.

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Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English sory, from Old English sāriġ (“feeling or expressing grief, sorry, grieved, sorrowful, sad, mournful, bitter”), from Proto-West Germanic *sairag, from Proto-Germanic *sairagaz (“sad”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂yro (“hard, rough, painful”).

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SORRY at a glance

SORRY has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (S 1 + O 1 + R 1 + R 1 + Y 4) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #650 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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