Sorry
Sorry , adjective
[Old English sory, sary, Anglo-Saxon sārig, from 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.
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.
2.
Melancholy; dismal; gloomy; mournful. — Spenser
All full of chirking was this sorry place.
3.
Poor; mean; worthless; as, a sorry excuse.
With sorry grace.
Cheeks of sorry grain will serve.
Good fruit will sometimes grow on a sorry tree.