Sor"ry (?), a.
[Compar. Sorrier (?); superl.
Sorriest.]
[OE. sory, sary,
AS. sārig, fr. sār, 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. Syn. -- Hurt; afflicted; mortified; vexed; chagrined;
melancholy; dismal; poor; mean; pitiful.
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