Pronunciation 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#Adjective|Pathetic and inferior to the point of causing others disgust.
- Bob is a sorry excuse for a football player.
- (regretful for an action or grieved) apologetic, attritional, compunctious, contrite, heavyhearted, melancholy, mournful, penitent, penitential, regretful, remorseful, repentant, sad, unhappy
- French: désolé
- German: es tut mir leid , Entschuldigung, sorry
- Italian: scusa
- Portuguese: desculpa, perdão
- Russian: жаль
- Spanish: disculpa, disculpe, discúlpame
- German: beklagenswert, armselig, traurig
- Portuguese: lastimável
- Russian: жа́лкий
- Spanish: pobre
- Expresses regret, remorse, or sorrow.
- Sorry! I didn't see that you were on the phone.
- 2016, [https://web.archive.org/web/20171030003034/https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/lets-learn-english-lesson-8-are-you-busy/3253185.html VOA Learning English] (public domain)
- Sorry about yesterday. - No worries.
- 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.
- (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
- French: désolé, navré, excusez-moi, excuse-moi, pardon
- 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: прошу́ проще́ния
- Spanish: ¿cómo?, ¿perdón?, (Colombia) ¿ah?, (Cuba) ¿eh?, (Mexico) ¿mande?
sorry (plural sorries)
- 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.
- 2007, Christopher Levan, Give Us This Day: Lenten Reflections on Baking Bread and Discipleship (page 107)
- Italian: scuse
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