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sorrisome

sorrisome adjective: characterised or marked by sorriness or being sorry; pathetic; regretful; apologetic.

Adjective

sorrisome (comparative more sorrisome, superlative most sorrisome)

  1. (rare) Characterised or marked by sorriness or being sorry; pathetic; regretful; apologetic.
    • He was telling that the initiating of these charges was not to get back a little bothersome and sorrisome patronage, but to get down to the very basis of the truth, and the very ugly charges that you yourself admit have been circulated about the job handling by the people of Mississippi.1951, Activities of the Mississippi Democratic Committee
    • We got bad news of our own to teach you, sorrysome to say.2010, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, page 295

Forms of sorrisome

comparativemore sorrisome
superlativemost sorrisome
alternative formsorrysome

Origin of sorrisome

From sorry + -some.

Questions about sorrisome

What does sorrisome mean?
Sorrisome means characterised or marked by sorriness or being sorry; pathetic; regretful; apologetic.
What part of speech is sorrisome?
Sorrisome is an adjective.

Words near sorrisome in the dictionary

  1. sorrier
  2. sorries
  3. sorriest
  4. sorrily
  5. sorriness
  6. sorrisome
  7. sorrow
  8. sorrow-ridden
  9. sorrowe
  10. sorrowed
  11. sorrower

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