sorrier
USSAH-ree-er/ˈsɑɹ.i.ɚ/UKSO-ree-er/ˈsɒɹ.i.ə/
- 1Comparative of sorry.
She grew sorrier with each passing day about the words she had thrown at her brother.
Few sights are sorrier than a flooded playground with its swings half buried in mud.
Note
The -er comparative of an adjective that does two jobs. Applied to a person, it measures feeling: someone grows sorrier, more regretful or more grieved. Applied to a thing, it measures how pitiable or inadequate something looks, as in a sorrier sight or a sorrier excuse. The y turns to i before the ending, and the apologetic interjection Sorry! takes no comparative at all.
sorrier is a form of sorry
sorry, adjective: Feeling regret about one's actions, or wishing to apologize for them. Full entry
- Spelling
- sorry → sorrier: change y to i, add -er
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