01 a. Grieved for the loss of some good; pained for some evil; feeling regret; -- now generally used to express light grief or affliction, but fo…
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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.“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.
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Melancholy; dismal; gloomy; mournful.“All full of chirking was this sorry place.” — Chaucer.
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Poor; mean; worthless; as, a sorry excuse.“Cheeks of sorry grain will serve.” — Milton.“Good fruit will sometimes grow on a sorry tree.” — Sir W. Scott.