Synonyms of sorely

sorely

adverb

ˈsȯr-lē 

1

as in sadly

with feelings of bitterness or grief

our company president, who is retiring at the end of the year, will be sorely missed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sadly
• bitterly
• sorrowfully
• painfully
• woefully
• grievously
• hard
• mournfully
• regretfully
• severely
• unhappily
• sharply
• harshly
• wailfully
• wretchedly
• dolefully
• agonizingly
• inconsolably
• ruefully
• resentfully
• plaintively
• dolorously
• lugubriously
• hardly
• miserably
• abjectly
• dismally
• despairingly
• acutely
• disconsolately
• cheerlessly
• dispiritedly
• distressfully
• dejectedly
• distressingly
• despondently
• forlornly
• keenly
• drearily
• darkly
• morosely
• ill
• pessimistically
• glumly
• dourly
• cruelly
• sullenly
• poignantly
• joylessly
• gloomily
• downheartedly
• somberly
• blackly
• mirthlessly
• hurtfully
• crestfallenly
• piercingly
• low-spiritedly
• rancorously

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gladly
• happily
• joyfully
• blissfully
• joyously
• cheerfully
• gleefully
• easily
• delightedly
• merrily
• lightly
• cheerily
• lightheartedly
• gaily
• casually
• blithely
• indifferently
• well
• calmly
• rejoicingly
• stoically
• nonchalantly
• dispassionately
• favorably
• mirthfully
• unconcernedly
• good-naturedly
• sunnily
• impassively
• blithesomely

2

as in terribly

to a great degree

completed some sorely needed repairs to the boat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• terribly
• extremely
• severely
• desperately
• incredibly
• badly
• very
• too
• highly
• damned
• so
• really
• damn
• greatly
• seriously
• far
• heavily
• intensely
• especially
• that
• much
• wildly
• most
• super
• jolly
• particularly
• exceptionally
• absolutely
• awfully
• mighty
• mortally
• fiercely
• full
• vitally
• immensely
• real
• exceedingly
• specially
• totally
• hugely
• sore
• such
• utterly
• fantastically
• supremely
• extra
• awful
• wicked
• fabulously
• good and
• thoroughly
• frightfully
• completely
• passing
• eminently
• vastly
• deeply
• uncommonly
• enormously
• achingly
• dang
• majorly
• deadly
• colossally
• bone
• mightily
• surpassingly
• positively
• remarkably
• rattling
• way
• cracking
• a lot
• ever
• roaring
• archly
• beastly
• entirely
• whacking
• almighty
• significantly
• thumping
• monstrous
• filthy
• spanking
• wholly
• noticeably
• roaringly
• corking
• visibly
• unco
• profoundly
• fully
• considerably
• stinking
• blisteringly
• right
• obviously
• as all get-out
• downright
• radically
• notably
• flat-out
• substantially
• extensively
• palpably
• markedly
• purely
• plainly
• altogether
• appreciably
• monumentally
• abundantly
• plentifully
• discernibly
• excessively
• astonishingly
• amazingly
• obscenely
• astronomically
• monstrously
• grandly
• overmuch
• staggeringly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• somewhat
• slightly
• little
• nominally
• just
• negligibly
• scarcely
• hardly
• barely
• marginally
• minimally
• scantily
• meagerly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sorely

The organization has already had to reduce staff and will do so again after the September funding cutoff, Markworth said, which will mean a dramatic rethinking of its programming at a time when nutrition education is sorely needed. — Joe Hernandez, NPR, 23 July 2026

The new infrastructure is sorely needed, said Jessica Purcell, a Chariho school committee member. — Jonny Williams, The Providence Journal, 16 July 2026

You are already sorely missed, not just by us, but by the world over. — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026

After years of economic decline and mismanagement, basic emergency response resources are sorely lacking. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 25 June 2026