to be sorry

Definition of to be sorry in English English dictionary
sorry: Used as a request for someone to repeat something not heard or understood clearly
Sorry? What was that? The phone cut out.
sorry: Expresses regret, remorse, or sorrow
Sorry! I didn't see that you were on the phone.
sorry: The act of saying sorry; an apology
So learn how to tailor your sorries to the sexes. Women tend to want an acknowledgment of what they're going through.
sorry: Regretful for an action; grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone
I am sorry to hear of your uncle's death.
sorry: {a} grieved, uneasy, poor, vile worthless
sorry: bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"
sorry: better safe than sorry: see safe
sorry: disapproval You say that someone is feeling sorry for themselves when you disapprove of the fact that they keep thinking unhappily about their problems, rather than trying to be cheerful and positive. What he must not do is to sit around at home feeling sorry for himself
sorry: If you feel sorry for someone who is unhappy or in an unpleasant situation, you feel sympathy and sadness for them. I felt sorry for him and his colleagues -- it must have been so frustrating for them I am very sorry for the family
sorry: keenly sorry or regretful; "felt bad about letting the team down"; "was sorry that she had treated him so badly"; "felt bad about breaking the vase"
sorry: 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
sorry: depressing in character or appearance; "drove through dingy streets"; "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens; "drab old buildings"; "a dreary mining town"; "gloomy tenements"; "sorry routine that follows on the heels of death"- B A Williams
sorry: feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
sorry: Melancholy; dismal; gloomy; mournful
sorry: {s} regretful, remorseful, distressed, apologetic; causing sorrow, causing grief; miserable, wretched; pitiful, contemptible
sorry: Poor, sad or regrettable
sorry: without merit; "a sorry horse"; "a sorry excuse"; "a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick"; "the car was a no-good piece of junk"
sorry: feelings You use the expression I'm sorry to say to express regret together with disappointment or disapproval. I've only done half of it, I'm sorry to say This, I am sorry to say, is almost entirely wishful thinking
sorry: formulae You say `Sorry?' when you have not heard something that someone has said and you want them to repeat it. = pardon, excuse me
sorry: You use sorry when you correct yourself and use different words to say what you have just said, especially when what you say the second time does not use the words you would normally choose to use. Barcelona will be hoping to bring the trophy back to Spain -- sorry, Catalonia -- for the first time
sorry: Poor; mean; worthless; as, a sorry excuse
sorry: feelings You say `I'm sorry' to express your regret and sadness when you hear sad or unpleasant news. I've heard about Mollie -- I'm so sorry `I'm afraid he's ill.' --- `I'm sorry to hear that.'
sorry: Possessing sorrow or regret
sorry: having regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone; "felt regretful over his vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made"
sorry: You use I'm sorry or sorry as an introduction when you are telling a person something that you do not think they will want to hear, for example when you are disagreeing with them or giving them bad news. No, I'm sorry, I can't agree with you `I'm sorry,' he told the real estate agent, `but we really must go now.' Sorry -- no baths after ten o'clock I'm sorry to have to tell you that Janet West is dead
sorry: formulae You say `Sorry' or `I'm sorry' as a way of apologizing to someone for something that you have done which has upset them or caused them difficulties, or when you bump into them accidentally. `We're all talking at the same time.' --- `Yeah. Sorry.' Sorry I took so long Sorry for barging in like this I'm really sorry if I said anything wrong I'm sorry to call so late, but I need a favour The next morning she came into my room and said she was sorry
sorry: feeling or expressing sorrow or pity; "a pitying observer threw his coat around her shoulders"; "let him perish without a pitying thought of ours wasted upon him"- Thomas De Quincey
sorry: If someone or something is in a sorry state, they are in a bad state, mentally or physically. The fire left Kuwait's oil industry in a sorry state
sorry: If you are sorry about a situation, you feel regret, sadness, or disappointment about it. She was very sorry about all the trouble she'd caused I'm sorry about what's happened I'm sorry he's gone He was sorry to see them go
sorry: sry

to be sorry

Hyphenation

to be sor·ry

Turkish pronunciation

tı bi säri

Pronunciation

/tə bē ˈsärē/ /tə biː ˈsɑːriː/

Etymology

[ t&, tu, 'tü ] (preposition.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English tO; akin to Old High German zuo to, Latin donec as long as, until.