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sorry - Dictionary definition and meaning for word
sorry
Definition
(adj) feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
Synonyms
:
bad
,
regretful
Example Sentence
felt regretful over his vanished youth
regretful over mistakes she had made
he felt bad about breaking the vase
Definition
(adj) bad; unfortunate
Synonyms
:
deplorable
,
distressing
,
lamentable
,
pitiful
,
sad
Example Sentence
my finances were in a deplorable state
a lamentable decision
her clothes were in sad shape
a sorry state of affairs
Definition
(adj) without merit
Synonyms
:
good-for-naught
,
good-for-nothing
,
meritless
,
no-account
,
no-count
,
no-good
Example Sentence
a sorry horse
a sorry excuse
a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick
the car was a no-good piece of junk
Definition
(adj) causing dejection
Synonyms
:
blue
,
dark
,
dingy
,
disconsolate
,
dismal
,
drab
,
drear
,
dreary
,
gloomy
,
grim
Example Sentence
a blue day
the dark days of the war
a week of rainy depressing weather
a disconsolate winter landscape
the first dismal dispiriting days of November
a dark gloomy day
grim rainy weather
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text: - Sorry, Phoebe. Sorry, Phoebe.. - Sorry, I'm so sorry.
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