From Middle English sory, from Old English sāriġ, from Proto-West Germanic *sairag, from Proto-Germanic *sairagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂yro.

• (RP) IPA: /ˈsɒ.ɹi/
• (America) IPA: /ˈsɑɹ.i/
• (America, Canada) IPA: /ˈsɔɹ.i/

sorry (comparative sorrier, superlative sorriest)

1. (of a person) Regretful or apologetic for one's actions.

   Synonyms: apologetic, compunctious, contrite, penitent, regretful, remorseful, repentant

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

2. (of a person) Grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone.

   Synonyms: heavy-hearted, melancholy, mournful

   I am sorry for your loss.

   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.

4. Pathetic; contemptibly inadequate.

   Bob is a sorry excuse for a football player.

• French: désolé, regrettant
• Italian: stare dispiaciuto (Dispiacere can mean "to make one regret.")
• Portuguese: sentir, pesaroso, lamentar
• Spanish: lamentar, sentir, pesaroso

• French: navré, désolé
• Italian: dispiaciuto
• Portuguese: lamentar (translates as "to be sorry" in the sympathetic sense), a lamentar
• Spanish: apenado

• French: piteux
• German: beklagenswert, armselig, traurig
• Portuguese: lastimável
• Russian: жа́лкий
• Spanish: pobre

1. Expresses regret, remorse, or sorrow.

   Synonyms: soz

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

   Sorry about yesterday. — No worries.

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

   Synonyms: I beg your pardon?, I'm sorry?, say again, come again, excuse me?, Thesaurus:say again

   Sorry? What was that? The phone cut out.

3. Used to correct oneself in speech.

   There are four– sorry, five branches of the store locally.

4. Said as a request to pass somebody.

   Synonyms: excuse me

   Sorry! Coming through!

• French: désolé, navré, excusez-moi, excuse-moi, pardon je m'excuse
• German: Entschuldigung, sorry; (more formal) entschuldigen Sie bitte, verzeihen Sie bitte, es tut mir leid, ich bitte um Entschuldigung, Verzeihung
• Italian: scusi, scusa, mi scusi, spiacente, spiacenti
• Portuguese: desculpa, (formal) perdão, (slang) foi mal
• Russian: извинить
• Spanish: discúlpame, perdóname, lo siento, perdón

• French: excusez-moi, excuse-moi, pardon, comment, (plain) quoi, hein (colloquial)
• German: wie bitte?, bitte?, wie? (plain)
• Italian: cosa?, come?, scusa?, eh? (colloquial), scusi? (formal), mi scusi? (formal)
• Portuguese: quê?, como?, hein?, perdão?
• Russian: прошу прощения
• Spanish: ¿cómo?, ¿perdón?, (Colombia) ¿ah?, (Cuba) ¿eh?, (Mexico) ¿mande?

• French: pardon, désolé

sorry

1. 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.

• Italian: scuse

sorry (sorries, present participle sorrying; simple past and past participle sorried)

1. (intransitive, transitive, rare) To feel sorry (for someone).

• sorrow
• sorrowful