Being sorry - An interesting concept Are we sorry for what we have done or sorry for what we might not experience? Sorry for ourselves or for hurting others? Who knows????? Sorry (Sor"ry) (?), a. [Compar. Sorrier (?); superl. Sorriest.] [OE. sory, sary, AS. sa¯rig, fr. sa¯r, n., sore. See Sore, n. & a. The original sense was, painful; hence. miserable, sad.] 1. Grieved for the loss of some good; pained for some evil; feeling regret; -- now generally used to express light grief or affliction, but formerly often used to express deeper feeling. "I am sorry for my sins." Piers Plowman. "Ye were made sorry after a godly manner." 2 Cor. vii. 9. "I am sorry for thee, friend; 't is the duke's pleasure." Shak. "She entered, were he lief or sorry." Spenser. 2. Melancholy; dismal; gloomy; mournful. Spenser. "All full of chirking was this sorry place." Chaucer. 3. Poor; mean; worthless; as, a sorry excuse. "With sorry grace." Chaucer. "Cheeks of sorry grain will serve." Milton. " Good fruit will sometimes grow on a sorry tree." Sir W. Scott. Synonyms -- Hurt; afflicted; mortified; vexed; chagrined; melancholy; dismal; poor; mean; pitiful. |
Saturday, 20 June 2009
SoRRy - :-(
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