Category:Sorry

Sor"ry, a. [compar. Sorrier; superl. Sorriest.] Etym: [oe. sory, Sary, as. sarig, fr. sar, n., sore. See sore, n. & a. The original Sense was, painful; hence. miserable, sad.]

1. 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. "i am sorry for my Sins." Piers plowman. Ye were made sorry after a godly manner. 2 cor. vii. 9. I am sorry for thee, friend; 't is the duke's pleasure. Shak. She entered, were he lief or sorry. Spenser.

2. Melancholy; dismal; gloomy; mournful. Spenser. All full of chirking was this sorry place. Chaucer.

3. Poor; mean; worthless; as, a sorry excuse. "with sorry grace." Chaucer. Cheeks of sorry grain will serve. Milton. Good fruit will sometimes grow on a sorry tree. Sir w. Scott.

Syn. -- hurt; afflicted; mortified; vexed; chagrined; melancholy; dismal; Poor; mean; pitiful.