feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

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

depressing in character or appearance; " 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

without merit; " a sorry horse"; " a sorry excuse"; " a lazy no- count, good- for- nothing goldbrick"; " the car was a no- good piece of junk"

feeling or expressing sorrow or pity; " a pitying observer threw his coat around her shoulders"; " let him perish without a pitying thought of ours wasted upon him"- Thomas De Quincey

having regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone; " felt regretful over his vanished youth"; " regretful over mistakes she had made"

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

Grieved for the loss of some good; pained for some evil; feeling regret; -- now generally used to express light grief or affliction, but formerly often used to express deeper feeling.

Melancholy; dismal; gloomy; mournful.

Poor; mean; worthless; as, a sorry excuse.

Feeling regret for loss, disappointment, etc.; pained; feeling pity; as, sorry for a cripple; repentant; as, sorry for sin; mournful; dismal; as, a sorry sight; mean; worthless; as, a sorry excuse.

Sorrier.

Sorriest.

Grieved for something past: melancholy: poor: worthless.

SORRILY.

SORRINESS.

Grieved for the past; regretful; poor; mean.

Grieved or pained; regretful.

Poor; paltry.

Grieved at some loss or misfortune; chagrined; poor; mean; vile; worthless.

Grieved for something past; poor; mean; worthless.

There isn't anybody I can think of will be sorry to have me go. – Two Boys and a Fortune by Matthew White, Jr.

" I am sorry to say that I do not, mamma. – Charlotte's Inheritance by M. E. Braddon

I'm sorry my dear. – His Family by Ernest Poole

I'm very sorry of course. – The Black Bar by George Manville Fenn

" I'm sorry I took it," said Bixby. – Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Big Woods by Laura Lee Hope

Well, he said, in a way I'm sorry – The Coast of Adventure by Harold Bindloss

Are you sorry for that? – The Story Of Kennett by Bayard Taylor

I am sorry to hear it. – The Blue Pavilions by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Well, I was as sorry as you. – Do and Dare A Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune by Horatio Alger, Jr.

He'll be sorry he ever monkeyed around me! – Sube Cane by Edward Bellamy Partridge

I am sorry for what I said over at Lydia's. – Betty Zane by Zane Grey

" Oh, I'm so sorry said the rabbit. – Uncle Wiggily's Travels by Howard R. Garis

Glad for her, but very sorry for you. – Nine Little Goslings by Susan Coolidge

Sorry it isn't a better room. – Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective by Ellis Parker Butler

How can you, when I say I am sorry for it? – The White Sister by F. Marion Crawford

" I was sorry not to go," she said. – When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan

And I'm sorry I have to be away to- night. – Marjorie's Busy Days by Carolyn Wells

I am more sorry than I can say. – O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 by Various

And David's sorry too, right? – Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow

I am sorry you did not like it. – One Day's Courtship The Heralds Of Fame by Robert Barr