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  Overview  of  adj  sorry 
 
  The  adj  sorry  has  7  senses  (first  6  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (8)  bad  sorry  --  (keenly  sorry  or  regretful;  "felt  bad  about  letting  the  team  down";  "was  sorry  that  she  had  treated  him  so  badly";  "felt  bad  about  breaking  the  vase") 
  2.  (3)  pitying,  sorry,  sorry  for  --  (feeling  or  expressing  sorrow  or  pity;  "a  pitying  observer  threw  his  coat  around  her  shoulders";  "let  him  perish  without  a  pitying  thought  of  ours  wasted  upon  him"-  Thomas  De  Quincey) 
  3.  (1)  regretful,  sorry  --  (having  regret  or  sorrow  or  a  sense  of  loss  over  something  done  or  undone;  "felt  regretful  over  his  vanished  youth";  "regretful  over  mistakes  she  had  made") 
  4.  (1)  contrite,  remorseful,  rueful,  ruthful,  sorry  --  (feeling  or  expressing  pain  or  sorrow  for  sins  or  offenses) 
  5.  (1)  deplorable,  distressing,  lamentable,  pitiful,  sad,  sorry  --  (bad;  unfortunate;  "my  finances  were  in  a  deplorable  state";  "a  lamentable  decision";  "her  clothes  were  in  sad  shape";  "a  sorry  state  of  affairs") 
  6.  (1)  dingy,  dismal,  drab,  drear,  dreary,  gloomy,  sorry  --  (depressing  in  character  or  appearance;  "drove  through  dingy  streets";  "the  dismal  prison  twilight"-  Charles  Dickens;  "drab  old  buildings";  "a  dreary  mining  town";  "gloomy  tenements";  "sorry  routine  that  follows  on  the  heels  of  death"-  B.A.Williams) 
  7.  good-for-nothing,  good-for-naught,  meritless,  no-account,  no-count,  no-good,  sorry  --  (without  merit;  "a  sorry  horse";  "a  sorry  excuse";  "a  lazy  no-count,  good-for-nothing  goldbrick";  "the  car  was  a  no-good  piece  of  junk") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  sorry 
 
  7  senses  of  sorry 
 
  Sense  1 
  bad  sorry 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unhappy)  ->  happy 
 
  Sense  2 
  pitying,  sorry,  sorry  for(prenominal) 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  compassionate)  ->  uncompassionate 
 
  Sense  3 
  regretful  (vs.  unregretful),  sorry 
 
 
  Sense  4 
  contrite,  remorseful,  rueful,  ruthful,  sorry 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  penitent,  repentant)  ->  impenitent,  unrepentant,  unremorseful 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  penitent,  repentant)  ->  impenitent,  unrepentant,  unremorseful 
 
  Sense  5 
  deplorable,  distressing,  lamentable,  pitiful,  sad,  sorry 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  bad)  ->  good 
 
  Sense  6 
  dingy,  dismal,  drab,  drear,  dreary,  gloomy,  sorry 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  cheerless)  ->  cheerful 
 
  Sense  7 
  good-for-nothing,  good-for-naught,  meritless,  no-account,  no-count,  no-good,  sorry 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  worthless)  ->  valuable 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  sorry 
 
  7  senses  of  sorry 
 
  Sense  1 
  bad  sorry 
  =>  unhappy  (vs.  happy) 
 
  Sense  2 
  pitying,  sorry,  sorry  for(prenominal) 
  =>  compassionate  (vs.  uncompassionate) 
 
  Sense  3 
  regretful  (vs.  unregretful),  sorry 
 
  Sense  4 
  contrite,  remorseful,  rueful,  ruthful,  sorry 
  =>  penitent  (vs.  impenitent),  repentant  (vs.  unrepentant) 
 
  Sense  5 
  deplorable,  distressing,  lamentable,  pitiful,  sad,  sorry 
  =>  bad  (vs.  good) 
 
  Sense  6 
  dingy,  dismal,  drab,  drear,  dreary,  gloomy,  sorry 
  =>  cheerless  (vs.  cheerful),  uncheerful 
 
  Sense  7 
  good-for-nothing,  good-for-naught,  meritless,  no-account,  no-count,  no-good,  sorry 
  =>  worthless  (vs.  valuable) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  sorry 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  sorry 
 
  sorry  used  as  an  adjective  is  common  (polysemy  count  =  7) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  sorry 
  sorry 
  sorry  for 
 
  Overview  of  adj  sorry 
 
  The  adj  sorry  has  7  senses  (first  6  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (8)  bad  sorry  --  (keenly  sorry  or  regretful;  "felt  bad  about  letting  the  team  down";  "was  sorry  that  she  had  treated  him  so  badly";  "felt  bad  about  breaking  the  vase") 
  2.  (3)  pitying,  sorry,  sorry  for  --  (feeling  or  expressing  sorrow  or  pity;  "a  pitying  observer  threw  his  coat  around  her  shoulders";  "let  him  perish  without  a  pitying  thought  of  ours  wasted  upon  him"-  Thomas  De  Quincey) 
  3.  (1)  regretful,  sorry  --  (having  regret  or  sorrow  or  a  sense  of  loss  over  something  done  or  undone;  "felt  regretful  over  his  vanished  youth";  "regretful  over  mistakes  she  had  made") 
  4.  (1)  contrite,  remorseful,  rueful,  ruthful,  sorry  --  (feeling  or  expressing  pain  or  sorrow  for  sins  or  offenses) 
  5.  (1)  deplorable,  distressing,  lamentable,  pitiful,  sad,  sorry  --  (bad;  unfortunate;  "my  finances  were  in  a  deplorable  state";  "a  lamentable  decision";  "her  clothes  were  in  sad  shape";  "a  sorry  state  of  affairs") 
  6.  (1)  dingy,  dismal,  drab,  drear,  dreary,  gloomy,  sorry  --  (depressing  in  character  or  appearance;  "drove  through  dingy  streets";  "the  dismal  prison  twilight"-  Charles  Dickens;  "drab  old  buildings";  "a  dreary  mining  town";  "gloomy  tenements";  "sorry  routine  that  follows  on  the  heels  of  death"-  B.A.Williams) 
  7.  good-for-nothing,  good-for-naught,  meritless,  no-account,  no-count,  no-good,  sorry  --  (without  merit;  "a  sorry  horse";  "a  sorry  excuse";  "a  lazy  no-count,  good-for-nothing  goldbrick";  "the  car  was  a  no-good  piece  of  junk") 



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