sorry
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English sory, from Old English sāriġ, from Proto-West Germanic *sairag, from Proto-Germanic *sairagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂yro.
Pronunciation Adjectivesorry (comparative sorrier, superlative sorriest)
- (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.
(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.
- Poor, pitifully sad or regrettable.
- The storm left his garden in a sorry state.
- 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
- Expresses regret, remorse, or sorrow.
- Synonyms: soz
- Sorry! I didn't see that you were on the phone.
- Sorry about yesterday. — No worries.
- 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.
- Used to correct oneself in speech.
- There are four– sorry, five branches of the store locally.
- 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?
sorry
- 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)
- (intransitive, transitive, rare) To feel sorry (for someone).
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