sorry
English
Etymology
From Middle English sory, from Old English sāriġ (“feeling or expressing grief, sorry, grieved, sorrowful, sad, mournful, bitter”), from Proto-Germanic *sairagaz (“sad”), from Proto-Indo-European *sayǝw- (“hard, rough, painful”), equivalent to sore + -y. Cognate with Scots sairie (“sad, grieved”), West Frisian searich (“sad, sorry”), Low German serig (“sick, scabby”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German dialectal sehrig (“sore, sad, painful”), Swedish sårig. More at sore.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Canada" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈsɔɹi/
Audio (Canada): (file)
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈsɒɹi/, /ˈsɒɹɪ/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈsɑɹi/, /ˈsɒɹi/, /ˈsɔɹi/
Audio (US): (file)
Audio: (file) - Homophone: sari (some accents)
- Rhymes: -ɒri
Adjective
sorry (comparative sorrier, superlative sorriest)
- (of a person) Regretful for an action; grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone.
- I am sorry I stepped on your toes. It was an accident.
- I am sorry to hear of your uncle's death.
- Poor, pitifully sad or regrettable.
- The storm left his garden in a sorry state.
- Pathetic and inferior to the point of causing others disgust.
- Bob is a sorry excuse for a football player.
Synonyms
- (regretful for an action or grieved): apologetic, attritional, compunctious, contrite, heavyhearted, melancholy, mournful, penitent, penitential, regretful, remorseful, repentant, sad, unhappy
Derived terms
Translations
regretful for an action or grieved
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poor, regrettable
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Interjection
sorry
- Expresses regret, remorse, or sorrow.
- Sorry! I didn't see that you were on the phone.
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- Sorry about yesterday. - No worries.
Audio (US): (file)
- Sorry about yesterday. - No worries.
- Used as a request for someone to repeat something not heard or understood clearly.
- Sorry? What was that? The phone cut out.
- Used to correct oneself in speech.
- There are four — sorry, five — branches of the store locally.
Synonyms
- (express regret): soz (informal)
- (request to repeat): I beg your pardon?, I'm sorry?, say again, come again, excuse me? (US), what, huh, say what; see also Thesaurus:say again
Translations
expression of regret or sorrow
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request to repeat
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to correct oneself in speech
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Noun
sorry (plural sorries or sorrys)
- The act of saying sorry; an apology.
- 2007, Christopher Levan, Give Us This Day: Lenten Reflections on Baking Bread and Discipleship (page 107)
- The British would do it standing stock still, Latinos would dance their sorries, and Canadians would find a way to apologize on ice.
- 2008, Lucy S. Danziger, Self Magazine's 15 Minutes to Your Best Self
- So learn how to tailor your sorries to the sexes. Women tend to want an acknowledgment of what they're going through...
- 2007, Christopher Levan, Give Us This Day: Lenten Reflections on Baking Bread and Discipleship (page 107)
Translations
act of saying sorry
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Related terms
Further reading
- “sorry”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “sorry”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Czech
Etymology
Interjection
sorry
Synonyms
- See also pardon
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Interjection
sorry
- sorry (expressing regret)
- Je hebt me heel erg pijn gedaan toen je dat zei. — Sorry, dat is nooit mijn bedoeling geweest.
- You really hurt me a lot when you said that. — Sorry, that was never my intention.
- Je hebt me heel erg pijn gedaan toen je dat zei. — Sorry, dat is nooit mijn bedoeling geweest.
- sorry, pardon, excuse me
- Je stond op mijn voet! — Oh, sorry!
- You were standing on my foot! — Oh, sorry!
- Je stond op mijn voet! — Oh, sorry!
Synonyms
- (expressing regret): het spijt me
- (pardon): pardon, excuseer
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Anglo-Norman soree.
Noun
sorry
- Alternative form of sorre
Etymology 2
From Old English sāriġ.
Noun
sorry
- (Late ME) Alternative form of sory
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