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What is the adjective for sorry?

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sorry
  1. (of a person) Regretful for an action; grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone.
  2. Poor, sad or regrettable.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. regretful, contrite, remorseful, repentant, apologetic, attritional, penitent, rueful, mournful, penitential, self-reproachful, guilt-ridden, guilty, sorrowful, abject, chastened, compunctious, propitiatory, sheepish, ashamed, bad, conscience-stricken, self-incriminating, shamefaced, supplicating, afraid, in sackcloth and ashes, on one's knees, self-accusing, self-condemnatory, full of regret, hangdog, sad, atoning, shamed, abashed, mortified, red-faced, embarrassed, uncomfortable, discomfited, humble, distressed, disappointed, deprecatory, awkward, unhappy, repenting, penitentiary, disturbed … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “I'm really sorry for the hurtful words I uttered.”
      “I'm sorry to hear about the passing of your dear grandmother.”
      “I do feel a genuine sense of betrayal when I see the sorry state of affairs in this country.”
sorryful
  1. (rare) sorrowful
  2. Examples:
      3. “I think I have a method of remedying this sorryful condition. Let each Local elect three press secretaries.”
      “Troye was most sorryful for being unable to get along with the others.”
sorryish
  1. Somewhat sorry.
sorrier
  1. comparative form of sorry: more sorry
  2. Synonyms:
      3. worse, inferior, poorer, shoddier, direr, dodgier, grottier, hackier, junkier, lousier, poor, poxier, ropier, sadder, shabbier, tawdrier, trashier, of inferior quality, of poorer quality, not as good as, more abysmal, more appalling, more atrocious, more deficient, more deplorable, more diabolical, more direful, more dismal, more dreadful, more execrable, more flawed, more imperfect, more inadequate, more lamentable, more mediocre, more pathetic, more pitiful, more suboptimal, more subpar, more sub-par, more substandard, more terrible, more unacceptable, more unsatisfactory, more worthless, not so good, not as good, not as favorable, not as nice, not as pleasing … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “If they are then this country is in an even sorrier state than I imagined it to be.”
      “Still shocked, I continued that I was sorrier that I had treated him differently, thinking that I could not hold him to the same standards.”
      “I am very sorry to leave him, and sorrier that I have not heard what he was so eager to tell me.”
sorriest
  1. superlative form of sorry: most sorry
  2. Synonyms:
      3. mournfullest, guiltiest, abjectest, baddest, most regretful, most contrite, most remorseful, most repentant, most apologetic, most attritional, most penitent, most rueful, most penitential, most sorrowful, most chastened, most compunctious, most propitiatory, most sheepish, most ashamed, most shamefaced, most afraid, saddest, forlornest, glummest, miserablest, unhappiest, dolefulest, sullenest, somberest, sombrest, teariest, weepiest, droopiest, gloomiest, lowest, most disconsolate, most disheartened, most distressed, most downcast, most hurt, most inconsolable, most troubled, most upset, most depressed, most despondent, most disappointed, most heartbroken, most melancholic … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Last autumn the rescue of Britain's banks perhaps the sorriest in any large economy became a template for others.”
      “But when she stumbles into the sorriest sorority, Zeta Alpha Zeta, she finds a home where she can finally put her talents to good use.”
      “The sorriest tale of all is that of Banespa, the state development bank for Sao Paulo in Brazil.”
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