Analysis Complete

sorry

/ sorry /
adjective satellite/adjective

Definitions & Examples

adjective satellite Sense 1
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"
Similar:
compassionate
adjective satellite Sense 2
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"
Similar:
unhappy
adjective Sense 3
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"
Opposites:
unregretful unregretting
adjective satellite Sense 4
feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
Similar:
penitent repentant
adjective satellite Sense 5
bad; unfortunate
"my finances were in a deplorable state"
"a lamentable decision"
"her clothes were in sad shape"
"a sorry state of affairs"
Similar:
bad
adjective satellite Sense 6
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"
Similar:
cheerless uncheerful
adjective satellite Sense 7
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"
Similar:
worthless
Semantic Complexity
71%
Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
8
Total Relationships
10
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

compassionate unhappy unregretful unregretting penitent repentant bad cheerless uncheerful worthless