Meaning & Definition of Sorry in English

1. Feeling or expressing 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"

• "He felt bad about breaking the vase"

2. Bad

• Unfortunate

• "My finances were in a deplorable state"

• "A lamentable decision"

• "Her clothes were in sad shape"

• "A sorry state of affairs"

3. 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"

4. Causing dejection

• "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"