Entry Word: sorry

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 arousing or deserving of oneʼs loathing and disgust <one more sorry stunt like that and you'll be expelled> — see contemptible 1
2 causing unhappiness <we have sorry news to report tonight> — see sad 2
3 deserving pitying scorn (as for inadequacy) <a sorry spectacle> — see pitiful 1
4 feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done <sheʼs genuinely sorry for hurting his feelings> — see contrite 1
5 feeling unhappiness <Iʼm sorry you feel that way, but you still have to pay the bill> — see sad 1
6 expressing or suggesting mourning <was sorry to see the family farm being sold> — see mourning 1
7 deserving of one's pity <some sorry wretch had the task of putting all of those files back in order> — see pathetic 1