Top synonyms for “sorry”: bad, blue, dark, deplorable, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, distressing, and 20 more below.
Definitions
- (adjective)causing dejection“a blue day”
- (adjective)bad; unfortunate“my finances were in a deplorable state”
- (adjective)feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone“felt regretful over his vanished youth”
- (adjective)without merit; of little or no value or use“a sorry horse”
Definitions sourced from Princeton WordNet (BSD license).
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Common synonyms for "sorry" include bad, blue, dark, deplorable, dingy, disconsolate. Our thesaurus lists 28 total alternatives drawn from Princeton WordNet. Click any synonym to find its rhymes.
What does "sorry" mean?
causing dejection Example: "a blue day"
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