🔄 Synonyms of "Sorry"
30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| compassionateverb | Having, feeling or showing compassion (to or toward someone). |
| contritenoun | Sincerely penitent or feeling regret or sorrow, especially for one’s own actions. |
| dismalnoun | Causing despair; gloomy and bleak. |
| deplorablenoun | Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad, wretched. |
| drabnoun | (by extension) A dull or uninteresting appearance or situation, unremarkable. |
| gloomynoun | Suffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected. |
| penitentnoun | Feeling pain or sorrow on account of one's sins or offenses; feeling sincere guilt. |
| pitiful | So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity. |
| lamentable | Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing. |
| rueful | Causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow, especially in a wry or humorous way. |
| sadverb | Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful. |
| badnoun | Of low quality. |
| drearynoun | Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless. |
| repentantnoun | Feeling or showing sorrow for wrongdoing. |
| remorseful | (of a person) Feeling or filled with remorse. |
| drearnoun | (poetic, literary) Dreary. |
| distressing | Causing distress; upsetting; distressful. |
| dingynoun | Shabby, squalid, uncared-for. |
| unhappynoun | Not happy; sad. |
| regretful | Sorrowful about what has been lost or done. |
| no-count | (idiomatic, slang, US) Of no value. |
| good-for-nothingnoun | A person of little worth or usefulness. |
| worthless | Having no worth or use; without value. |
| cheerless | Devoid of cheer; gloomy. |
| uncheerful | Not cheerful. |
↔️ Antonyms of "Sorry"
Words with the opposite meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| unregretful | Not regretful; having no regrets. |
| unregretting | Not regretting. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Sorry"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| penitent | Feeling pain or sorrow on account of one's sins or offenses; feeling sincere guilt. |
| contrite | Sincerely penitent or feeling regret or sorrow, especially for one’s own actions. |
| repentant | Feeling or showing sorrow for wrongdoing. |
| remorseful | (of a person) Feeling or filled with remorse. |
| regretful | Sorrowful about what has been lost or done. |
| compassionate | Having, feeling or showing compassion (to or toward someone). |
| rueful | Causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow, especially in a wry or humorous way. |
| no-account | (US, British, colloquial) Of no value or merit; good-for-nothing; of no account. |
| no-count | (idiomatic, slang, US) Of no value. |
| bad | Of low quality. |
| pityingnoun | The act of one who pities. |
| worthless | Having no worth or use; without value. |
| good-for-nothing | (idiomatic) Useless; worthless. |
| no-good | (derogatory) Having no value, use or merit. |
| deplorable | Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad, wretched. |
| pitiful | So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity. |
| dismal | Causing despair; gloomy and bleak. |
| distressing | Causing distress; upsetting; distressful. |
| unhappy | Not happy; sad. |
| meritless | Without merit. |
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🎨 Adjectives for "Sorry"
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🏷️ Nouns for "Sorry"
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