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[ adjective ] keenly sorry or regretful

Synonyms

bad

Examples

"felt bad about letting the team down" "was sorry that she had treated him so badly" "felt bad about breaking the vase"

Used in print

(William Maxwell, The Chateau....)

Stirring , he said : `` I am sorry that my work prevents me from doing anything with you today '' .

(John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)

`` I am terribly sorry to keep you waiting '' , she said , `` but won't you make yourself a little drink while you wait ?

(Jane Gilmore Rushing, "Against the Moon,"...)

Still she was not sorry he sat by her , but in_fact was flattered .

(John Hazard Wildman, "Take It Off," The Arizona...)

`` I'm sorry , Mrs._Minks '' , Arlene said in a tone so low you could hardly hear it .

Related terms

unhappy

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[ adjective ] feeling or expressing sorrow or pity

Synonyms

sorry_for pitying

Examples

"a pitying observer threw his coat around her shoulders" "let him perish without a pitying thought of ours wasted upon him"- Thomas De Quincey

Used in print

(Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)

`` I'm awful sorry about what 's happened '' , Selena said .

(Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)

`` I stopped to say goodbye , Mrs._Lattimer , and to tell you how sorry I was to hear about your baby .

Related terms

compassionate

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[ adjective ] having regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone

Synonyms

regretful

Examples

"felt regretful over his vanished youth" "regretful over mistakes she had made"

Used in print

(William Maxwell, The Chateau....)

Stirring , he said : `` I am sorry that my work prevents me from doing anything with you today '' .

Related terms

unregretful

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[ adjective ] feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

Related terms

penitent

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[ adjective ] feeling or expressing sorrow or pity

Examples

"a pitying observer threw his coat around her shoulders" "let him perish without a pitying thought of ours wasted upon him"- Thomas De Quincey

Used in print

(Richard S. Prather, "The Bawdy Beautiful," Cavalier...)

I 'm sorry '' !

Related terms

penitent compassionate

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[ adjective ] bad; unfortunate

Examples

"my finances were in a deplorable state" "a lamentable decision" "her clothes were in sad shape" "a sorry state of affairs"

Related terms

bad

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[ adjective ] depressing in character or appearance

Examples

"drove through dingy streets" "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens "drab old buildings" "a dreary mining town" "gloomy tenements" "sorry routine that follows on the heels of death"- B.A.Williams

Related terms

cheerless

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[ adjective ] without merit

Examples

"a sorry horse" "a sorry excuse" "a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick" "the car was a no-good piece of junk"

Related terms

worthless

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[ adjective ] without merit

Examples

"a sorry horse" "a sorry excuse" "a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick" "the car was a no-good piece of junk"

Related terms

worthless

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