A1adjective · frequent

sorry

sorry · sorrier · sorriest

засмучений

жалкий, плачевный

traurig, armselig, beklagenswert

Regretful or apologetic for one's actionsRegretful or apologetic for one's actions.

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UK/ˈsɒɹi/US/ˈsɑɹi/

» I'm sorry, I can't stay long.

Es tut mir leid, ich kann nicht lange bleiben. — MUIRIEL

Entschuldigen Sie! Ich kann nicht lange bleiben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Извините, я не могу остаться надолго. — Lenin_1917

Вибачте, я не можу залишитися надовго. — ChickenKiev

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Meaning

4 senses

Regretful or apologetic for one's actions.
I am sorry I stepped on your toes. It was an accident.
Grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone.
I feel sorry for you, about your exam results.
The President was sorry to hear that the Ambassador was leaving.
засму́ченийzasmúčenyj
Poor, pitifully sad or regrettable.
The storm left his garden in a sorry state.
beklagenswert, armselig, traurig
жа́лкийžálkij, плаче́вныйplačévnyj
Pathetic; contemptibly inadequate.
Bob is a sorry excuse for a football player.

More definitions

feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
bad; unfortunate
without merit; of little or no value or use
causing dejection

Examples

4059 sentences

I'm sorry, I can't stay long.
Вибачте, я не можу залишитися надовго. — ChickenKiev
ruИзвините, я не могу остаться надолго. — Lenin_1917
deEs tut mir leid, ich kann nicht lange bleiben. — MUIRIEL
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I'm sorry, I don't have change.
Перепрошую, у мене немає здачі. — deniko
ruИзвините, у меня нет мелочи. — Hellerick
deTut mir leid, ich habe kein Kleingeld. — MUIRIEL
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I'm very sorry about the mistake.
Мені дуже шкода із-за помилки. — deniko
ruЯ сожалею об этой ошибке. — Balamax
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We are sorry for his mistake.
Ми перепрошуємо за його помилку. — deniko
ruМы сожалеем о его ошибке. — fjay69
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I'm very sorry to hear that.
Мені дуже шкода це чути. — aandrusiak
ruМне очень жаль это слышать. — al_ex_an_der
deEs tut mir sehr leid, das zu hören. — Chris
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

grieved, saddened:

Русский

By meaning 1

poor, regrettable:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

poor, regrettable:

Origin

From Middle English sory, from Old English sāriġ (“feeling or expressing grief, sorry, gri

From Middle English sory, from Old English sāriġ (“feeling or expressing grief, sorry, grieved, sorrowful, sad, mournful, bitter”), from Proto-West Germanic *sairag, from Proto-Germanic *sairagaz (“sad”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂yro (“hard, rough, painful”). Cognate with Scots sairie (“sad, grieved”), Saterland Frisian seerich (“sore, inflamed”), West Frisian searich (“sad, sorry”), Low German serig (“sick, scabby”), German dialectal sehrig (“sore, sad, painful”), Swedish sårig. By surface analysis, sor(e) + -y. Unrelated to sorrow despite the similarity in form and meaning.

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