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sorrysome

sorrysome is the alternative form of sorrisome.

Meaning of sorrisome

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

Forms of sorrysome

comparativemore sorrysome
superlativemost sorrysome

Origin of sorrysome

From sorry + -some.

Questions about sorrysome

What is sorrysome the alternative form of?
Sorrysome is the alternative form of sorrisome.

Words near sorrysome in the dictionary

  1. sorry-not-sorry
  2. sorryful
  3. sorrying
  4. sorryish
  5. sorrys
  6. sorrysome
  7. sors
  8. Sorsele
  9. sorshe ilish
  10. Sorsogon
  11. Sorsogon City

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sorrysome (page history and authors); sorrisome (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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