noun🔗ShareThe act of saying sorry; an apology."My sorry for being late to school this morning was not accepted by the teacher. "attitudecommunicationemotionlanguagemoralguiltessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share(of a person) Regretful for an action; grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone."I am sorry I stepped on your toes. It was an accident."emotionhumanattitudecharactermindmoralguiltessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗SharePoor, pitifully sad or regrettable."The storm left his garden in a sorry state."emotionattitudeconditionsufferingessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗SharePathetic and inferior to the point of causing others disgust."Bob is a sorry excuse for a football player."attitudecharacternegativeemotionessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
interjection🔗ShareExpresses regret, remorse, or sorrow.""Sorry," she said, "I forgot to bring my homework." "emotionattitudemoralcharacteressentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
interjection🔗ShareUsed as a request for someone to repeat something not heard or understood clearly."Sorry? What was that? The phone cut out."communicationlanguageessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
interjection🔗ShareUsed to correct oneself in speech."There are four — sorry, five — branches of the store locally."languagecommunicationlinguisticsessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
