<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>feeling regret, compunction, sympathy, pity, etc.: to be sorry to leave one's friends; to be sorry for a remark; to be sorry for someone in trouble</li><li>regrettable or deplorable; unfortunate; tragic: a sorry situation; to come to a sorry end</li><li>sorrowful, grieved, or sad: Was she sorry when her brother died?</li><li>associated with sorrow; suggestive of grief or suffering; melancholy; dismal</li><li>wretched, poor, useless, or pitiful: a sorry horse</li></ul><p><strong>Interjection</strong></p><ul><li>(used as a conventional apology or expression of regret): Sorry, you're misinformed. Did I bump you? Sorry.</li></ul>