sorrier

Adjective

sorry (comparative sorrier, superlative sorriest)

1. Regretful or apologetic for one's actions.
   • I am sorry I stepped on your toes. It was an accident.

   Synonyms:

   apologetic, compunctious, contrite, penitent, regretful, remorseful, repentant, repining, rueful, guilt-ridden

2. Grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone.
   • I feel sorry for you, about your exam results.

   Synonyms:

   heavy-hearted, melancholy, mournful, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited, blue, bummed out, chapfallen

3. Poor, pitifully sad or regrettable.
   • The storm left his garden in a sorry state.

   Synonyms:

   pathetic, pitiable, compassionate, pathetisad, piteous, pitiful, pitisome, sad, poor, rueful

4. Pathetic; contemptibly inadequate.
   • Bob is a sorry excuse for a football player.

   Synonyms:

   deficient, insufficient, awanting, dismal, exiguous, geason, inadequate, lank, lean, lousy

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