sorry
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
felt regretful over his vanished youth
Related & opposite
- penitent also see
- unregretful antonym
Sense 2 adjective
bad; unfortunate
my finances were in a deplorable state
Related & opposite
- lugubriousness derivation
- paltriness derivation
- bewail derivation
- bad similar to
Sense 3 adjective
without merit
a sorry horse
Related & opposite
- paltriness derivation
- goof-off derivation
- worthless similar to
Sense 4 adjective
causing dejection
a blue day
Related & opposite
- insipidity derivation
- depressing similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | penitent |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | unregretful |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lugubriousness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | paltriness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bewail |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | bad |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | paltriness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | goof-off |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | worthless |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | insipidity |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | depressing |