Sory vs. Sorry — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Sory and Sorry
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Definitions
Sory
Green vitriol, or some earth impregnated with it
Sorry
Feeling or expressing sorrow
We're sorry to hear that you're leaving so soon.
Sory
Green vitriol, or some earth imregnated with it.
Sorry
Feeling or expressing sympathy or pity
She felt sorry for the rain-soaked cat.
Sorry
Feeling or expressing regret, especially for a misdeed or mistake
He said he was sorry for breaking the window. I'm sorry I yelled at you.
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Sorry
Worthless or inferior; paltry
A sorry excuse.
Sorry
Causing sorrow, grief, or misfortune; grievous
A sorry development.
Sorry
Used to express apology.
Sorry
Used to express interrogation, especially as a request for a person to say something again.
Sorry
(of a person) Regretful or apologetic for one's actions.
I am sorry I stepped on your toes. It was an accident.
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Sorry
(of a person) Grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone.
I am sorry for your loss.
The President was sorry to hear that the Ambassador was leaving.
Sorry
Poor, pitifully sad or regrettable.
The storm left his garden in a sorry state.
Sorry
Pathetic; contemptibly inadequate.
Bob is a sorry excuse for a football player.
Sorry
The act of saying sorry; an apology.
Sorry
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.
I am sorry for thee, friend; 't is the duke's pleasure.
She entered, were he lief or sorry.
Sorry
Melancholy; dismal; gloomy; mournful.
All full of chirking was this sorry place.
Sorry
Poor; mean; worthless; as, a sorry excuse.
Cheeks of sorry grain will serve.
Good fruit will sometimes grow on a sorry tree.
Sorry
Keenly sorry or regretful;
Felt bad about letting the team down
Was sorry that she had treated him so badly
Felt bad about breaking the vase
Sorry
Feeling or expressing sorrow or pity;
A pitying observer threw his coat around her shoulders
Let him perish without a pitying thought of ours wasted upon him
Sorry
Having regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone;
Felt regretful over his vanished youth
Regretful over mistakes she had made
Sorry
Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
Sorry
Bad; unfortunate;
My finances were in a deplorable state
A lamentable decision
Her clothes were in sad shape
A sorry state of affairs
Sorry
Depressing in character or appearance;
Drove through dingy streets
The dismal prison twilight
Drab old buildings
A dreary mining town
Gloomy tenements
Sorry routine that follows on the heels of death
Sorry
Without merit;
A sorry horse
A sorry excuse
A lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick
The car was a no-good piece of junk