• adjective:   feeling or expressing sorrow or pity
• adjective:   keenly sorry or regretful

  Example: "Was sorry that she had treated him so badly"

• adjective:   having regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
• adjective:   feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
• adjective:   bad; unfortunate

  Example: "A sorry state of affairs"

• adjective:   without merit

  Example: "A sorry horse"

• adjective:   depressing in character or appearance

  Example: "Sorry routine that follows on the heels of death- B.A.Williams"

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