KJV Dictionary Definition: sorriness

sorriness

SOR'RINESS, n. Meanness; poorness; despicableness.

sorry

SOR'RY, a.

1. Grieved for the loss of some good; pained for some evil that has happened to one's self or friends or country. It does not ordinarily imply severe grief, but rather slight or transient regret. It may be however, and often is used to express deep grief. We are sorry to lose the company of those we love; we are sorry to lose friends or property; we are sorry for the misfortunes of our friends or of out country. And the king was sorry. Matt 14.

2. Melancholy; dismal.

3. Poor; mean; vile; worthless; as a sorry slave; a sorry excuse. Coarse complexions, and cheeks of sorry grain-

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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