sorry

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. rueful, regretful, penitent; sympathetic, sorrowful; pitiful, deplorable; shabby, paltry, wretched, mean. See penitence. Ant., impenitent, unsympathetic.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Penitent]

Syn. contrite, repentant, conscience-stricken, remorseful, conscience-smitten, regretful, compunctious, touched, self-accusing, melted, sorrowful, apologetic, self-condemnatory, softened.

2. [Inadequate in quantity or quality]

Syn. poor, paltry, trifling, cheap, mean, shabby, scrubby, stunted, small, trivial, unimportant, beggarly, insignificant, dismal, pitiful, worthless, despicable; see also inadequate 1 .

Ant. plentiful*, adequate, enough.

3. [Sad]

Syn. grieved, mournful, melancholy; see sad 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

1. contrite remorseful, regretful, conscience-stricken, compunctious, guilt-ridden, apologetic, repentant, penitent, ashamed.

2. sorrowful pitying, commiserative, sympathetic, empathetic.

3. poor inferior, cheap, bad, *crappy, worthless, pitiful, pathetic, paltry, mean.

ANT.: 1. proud, delighted, pleased. 2. uncaring, indifferent. 3. superior, excellent

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Expressing or inclined to express an apology: apologetic, contrite, penitent, regretful, repentant. See REGRET. 2. Feeling or expressing regret for one's sins or misdeeds: compunctious, contrite, penitent, penitential, regretful, remorseful, repentant. See REGRET. 3. Disturbing because of failure to measure up to a standard or produce the desired results: disappointing, unlucky. See HAPPY.