be sorry for oneself Definition

sorry
adj sorrier, sorriest

1. Distressed or full of regret or shame, especially over something that one has done or said, something one feels responsible for, something that has happened, etc.

Example: I'm sorry if I hurt you.
Example: I'm sorry that you've had to wait.
Example: I'm sorry if I hurt you
Example: I'm sorry that you've had to wait
Thesaurus: penitent, contrite, repentant, conscience-stricken, remorseful, regretful, apologetic; sad, grieved, mournful, unhappy, melancholy, miserable, disconsolate; regretful; Antonym: happy, glad.
2. Full of pity or sympathy.

Example: Everyone felt sorry for him when she left him
Form: sorry for someone (usually)
3. Pitifully bad.

Example: in a sorry state
4. Contemptibly bad; worthless; extremely poor.

Example: a sorry excuse
Thesaurus: inadequate, poor, paltry, trifling, cheap, mean, shabby, trivial, beggarly, worthless; Antonym: adequate, important.

exclamation

1. Given as an apology.
2. Used when asking for something that has just been said to be repeated

Example: Sorry? What was that you said?

Derivative: sorrily
adverb

Derivative: sorriness
noun

Derivative: sorryish
adj

Idiom: be sorry for oneself (feel etc sorry for oneself)

To indulge in self-pity, especially in an excessive way.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon sarig wounded, from sar sore.