Sorry meaning

What does “sorry” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“sorry” is an adjective with 4 meanings. Its most common meaning is: feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone.

sorry

adjective

  1. feeling or expressing 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”

    Synonymsregretfulbad
  2. bad; unfortunate

    “my finances were in a deplorable state”

    “a lamentable decision”

  3. without merit; of little or no value or use

    “a sorry horse”

    “a sorry excuse”

  4. causing dejection

    “a blue day”

    “the dark days of the war”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University