1. Exclamation indicating an apology
   "sorry! I didn't mean to bump into you";
   - excuse me, pardon me, soz [Brit, informal]
    
2. Indicates incomprehension, a request to repeat for clarification
   - eh [informal], huh [informal], what [informal], excuse me, come again [informal], pardon, I beg your pardon

1. Feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
   "felt sorry over his vanished youth";
   - regretful, bad
    
2. Bad; unfortunate
   "a sorry state of affairs";
   - deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad
    
3. Without merit; of little or no value or use
   "a sorry horse";
   - good-for-nothing, good-for-nought, meritless, no-account [N. Amer], no-count, no-good
    
4. Causing dejection
   "a sorry day";
   - blue [informal], dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, drab, drear, dreary

Derived forms: sorrier, sorriest

See also: bad, cheerless, depressing, penitent, repentant, uncheerful, worthless

Antonym: unregretful

Encyclopedia: Sorry, Not Sorry