ADJECTIVE | all | sorry, regretful, bad | feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone |
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all | sorry, deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad | bad | |
all | sorry, good-for-nothing, good-for-naught, meritless, no-account, no-count, no-good | without merit | |
all | sorry, blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, drab, drear, dreary | causing dejection |
Sounds | saa'riy | |
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Rhymes | accusatory ... zealotry: 432 rhymes with riy... |
Meaning | Feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone. | |
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Synonyms | regretful, bad | |
See also | penitent, repentant | Feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds |
Opposite | unregretful, unregretting | Feeling no regret |
Catalan | apesarat, pesarós |
Meaning | bad; unfortunate. | |
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Example | "a sorry state of affairs" | |
Synonyms | deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad | |
Broader | bad | Having undesirable or negative qualities |
Spanish | deplorable, desolador, lamentable, lamentoso, penoso, triste | |
Catalan | deplorable | |
Nouns | sorriness | worthlessness due to insignificance |
Meaning | Without merit. | |
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Synonyms | good-for-nothing, good-for-naught, meritless, no-account, no-count, no-good | |
Broader | worthless | lacking in usefulness or value |
Nouns | sorriness | worthlessness due to insignificance |
Meaning | Causing dejection. | |
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Synonyms | blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, drab, drear, dreary | |
Broader | depressing, cheerless, uncheerful | Causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy |
Spanish | deprimente, desalentador, desconsolado, macabro, negro, oscuro, triste | |
Catalan | depriment, desconsolat, descoratjador, macabre, negre, obscur, trist |
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