Sorry | Mean of sorry in English Dictionary

/ˈsɑri/

• feeling sorrow or regret
1. I'm sorry if I offended you.
2. She was sorry to hear about their divorce.
3. I'm sorry for your loss.
4. I'm sorry for saying that.
5. I'm sorry that I wasted your time.
6. He felt sorry for her. [=he felt sympathy for her because she was in a bad situation]
7. Stop feeling sorry for yourself. [=feeling pity for yourself]
8. It's probably not necessary to check the figures again, but (it's) better (to be) safe than sorry. [=it is better to be careful now so that problems do not occur later on]
• very bad or poor
1. What a sorry state of affairs we're in now.
2. That's the sorriest excuse I've heard.
• causing feelings of disappointment or pity
1. The sorry [=sad] truth is that he was right all along.
2. I dragged my sorry [=pitiful] self out of bed.