sorry
sorry is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.I am sorry for thee, friend; 't is the duke's pleasure. Shak. She entered, were he lief or sorry. Spenser.
- 2.Melancholy; dismal; gloomy; mournful. Spenser. All full of chirking was this sorry place. Chaucer.
- 3.Poor; mean; worthless; as, a sorry excuse. "With sorry grace." Chaucer. Cheeks of sorry grain will serve. Milton. Good fruit will sometimes grow on a sorry tree. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accusation
- aching
- again
- alas
- and
- bad
- behind
- bewail
- bitterness
- cast
- day
- deplore
- discontent
- hang
- have
- heartburning
- homesick
- lament
- lamentable
- lamentation
- laudator
- leave
- lingering
- longing
- look
- mind
- most
- much
- nostalgia
- penitence
- pity
- prey
- recrimination
- regret
- regretful
- repent
- repine
- rue
- the
- too
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is sorry.
- What is i am sorry for thee, friend; 't is the duke's pleasure. Shak. She entered, were he lief or sorry. Spenser called?
- What is melancholy; dismal; gloomy; mournful. Spenser. All full of chirking was this sorry place. Chaucer called?
- What is poor; mean; worthless; as, a sorry excuse. "With sorry grace." Chaucer. Cheeks of sorry grain will serve. Milton. Good fruit will sometimes grow on a sorry tree. Sir W. Scott called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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