Sorry

/ˈsɒɹ.i/

Synonyms for "sorry" (178 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (36)

Adjective(5 words)
afraidbadbluedarkdeplorable
Noun(2 words)
apologiesapologizing

Strong matches (53)

Interjection(2 words)
excuselamentable
Noun(2 words)
excuse melamenting

Related words (89)

Noun(2 words)
pardon merepenting

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

9 entries
conditiondiscourse markeremotional expressionemotional stateexpressionfeelinginterjectionqualitysocial communication

More specific

16 entries
acknowledgmentapologeticapologyapology lettercondolenceempathetic remarkexcuselamentable qualitymiserable conditionpardonpathetic performancepenitentpitypublic apologyregretremorseful

Collocations

13 entries
apologetic stanceapologetic toneapologycondolencepityregretremorsesorry excusesorry notesorry sightsorry statesorry talesympathy

Inflections

2 entries

Derivations

4 entries

similar

7 entries

Translations

98 translations across 40 languages.

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Afrikaans

3 entries
  • ekskuus intj (request to repeat)
  • wat het jy gesê? intj (request to repeat)
  • wat sê jy? intj (request to repeat)

Arabic

4 entries
  • عَفْوًا! intj (request to repeat)
  • عُذْراً! intj (request to repeat)
  • مَاذَا قُلْتَ؟ intj (request to repeat)
  • مَاذَا قُلْتِ؟ intj (request to repeat)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • мо́ля? intj (request to repeat)

Catalan

1 entries
  • perdó intj (request to repeat)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • ببوورە intj (request to repeat)
  • بەڵێ intj (request to repeat)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 什麼？ /什么？ intj (request to repeat)
  • 再説一遍 /再说一遍 intj (request to repeat)
  • 哦？ intj (request to repeat)
  • 請再説一遍 /请再说一遍 intj (request to repeat)

Czech

1 entries
  • prosím? intj (request to repeat)

Danish

1 entries
  • undskyld intj (request to repeat)

Dutch

3 entries
  • pardon? intj (request to repeat)
  • wat zeg je intj (request to repeat)
  • wat zegt u intj (request to repeat)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • pardonu intj (request to repeat)

Finnish

1 entries
  • anteeksi intj (request to repeat)

French

4 entries
  • comment? intj (request to repeat)
  • excuse-moi intj (request to repeat)
  • excusez-moi intj (request to repeat)
  • hein? intj (request to repeat)

Georgian

2 entries
  • რა intj (request to repeat)
  • უკაცრავად intj (request to repeat)

German

3 entries
  • bitte? intj (request to repeat)
  • wie bitte? intj (request to repeat)
  • wie? intj (request to repeat)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • elnézést, nem értem intj (request to repeat)
  • tessék? intj (request to repeat)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • afsakið? intj (request to repeat)
  • fyrirgefðu? intj (request to repeat)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • maaf intj (request to repeat)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • بِبَخْشید intj (request to repeat)
  • مَعْذِرَت میخواهَم intj (request to repeat)

Irish

1 entries
  • gabh mo leithscéal intj (request to repeat)

Italian

4 entries
  • come? intj (request to repeat)
  • cosa? intj (request to repeat)
  • eh? intj (request to repeat)
  • mi scusi? intj (request to repeat)

Japanese

4 entries
  • え？ intj (request to repeat)
  • もう一回 intj (request to repeat)
  • もう一度 intj (request to repeat)
  • もう一度いってください intj (request to repeat)

Korean

4 entries
  • 네? intj (request to repeat)
  • 넹? intj (request to repeat)
  • 다시 한번 더 말씀해주세요 intj (request to repeat)
  • 다시 한번 더 말씀해주시겠어요? intj (request to repeat)

Latin

1 entries
  • repete intj (request to repeat)

Limburgish

1 entries
  • waat? intj (request to repeat)

Malay

1 entries
  • minta maaf, maaf intj (request to repeat)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • юу гэнээ? intj (request to repeat)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • ándagassii intj (request to repeat)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • unnskyld intj (request to repeat)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries
  • модлїм intj (request to repeat)
  • модлїме intj (request to repeat)

Polish

2 entries
  • przepraszam? intj (request to repeat)
  • słucham? intj (request to repeat)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • como? intj (request to repeat)
  • hein? intj (request to repeat)
  • perdão? intj (request to repeat)
  • quê? intj (request to repeat)

Russian

3 entries
  • прошу́ проще́ния intj (request to repeat)
  • что вы сказа́ли? intj (request to repeat)
  • что? intj (request to repeat)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • b' àill leat? intj (request to repeat)
  • b' àill leibh? intj (request to repeat)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • molim? intj (request to repeat)

Spanish

4 entries
  • ¿ah? intj (request to repeat)
  • ¿cómo? intj (request to repeat)
  • ¿eh? intj (request to repeat)
  • ¿mande? intj (request to repeat)

Swedish

2 entries
  • förlåt intj (request to repeat)
  • ursäkta intj (request to repeat)

Turkish

2 entries
  • efendim intj (request to repeat)
  • pardon? intj (request to repeat)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • про́шу? intj (request to repeat)
  • що-що? intj (request to repeat)
  • що? intj (request to repeat)

Urdu

2 entries
  • جِی؟ intj (request to repeat)
  • کْیا؟ intj (request to repeat)

Walloon

4 entries
  • cwè? intj (request to repeat)
  • kimint diss? intj (request to repeat)
  • kimint djhoz? intj (request to repeat)
  • pardon? intj (request to repeat)

Sample sentences

28 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Why are you sorry for something you haven't done?

Source: tatoeba (1469)

I'm sorry, I can't stay long.

Source: tatoeba (1541)

Oh, I'm sorry.

Source: tatoeba (1579)

Sorry, I don't think I'm gonna be able to.

Source: tatoeba (2036)

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