D defs.my
Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Sorry

/sär'-ē/ · Sor·ry · IPA /ˈsɑɹ.i/
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…
  1. 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.
    “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. 2.
    Melancholy; dismal; gloomy; mournful.
    “All full of chirking was this sorry place.” Chaucer.
  3. 3.
    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.