sorry

UK /ˈsɒɹ.i/ US /ˈsɑɹ.i/
intj 5adj 4noun 1verb 1

Definitions

adj

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.

The President was sorry to hear that the Ambassador was leaving.

3

Poor, pitifully sad or regrettable.

The storm left his garden in a sorry state.

... often the only movement on the landscape is winter smoke winding out the chimney of some sorry-looking farmhouse ...

4

Pathetic; contemptibly inadequate.

Bob is a sorry excuse for a football player.

The sorry experience did little to suggest that Musk knows how to run a social media platform or that DeSantis is capable of governing a global superpower armed with nuclear weapons.

intj

1

Expresses regret, remorse, or sorrow.

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

Sorry about yesterday. — No worries.

2

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

Oops! Sorry!

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.

5

Used to correct oneself in speech.

There are four—sorry, five—local branches of the store.

noun

1

The act of saying sorry; an apology.

The British would do it standing stock still, Latinos would dance their sorries, and Canadians would find a way to apologize on ice.

So learn how to tailor your sorries to the sexes. Women tend to want an acknowledgment of what they're going through...

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