1. bad, regretful, sorry

feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone

Example Sentences:
'felt regretful over his vanished youth'
'regretful over mistakes she had made'
'he felt bad about breaking the vase'

Synonyms

• bad
• regretful

Also See

• penitent
• repentant

2. deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry

bad; unfortunate

Example Sentences:
'my finances were in a deplorable state'
'a lamentable decision'
'her clothes were in sad shape'
'a sorry state of affairs'

Synonyms

• deplorable
• distressing
• lamentable
• pitiful
• sad

3. good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, meritless, no-account, no-count, no-good, sorry

without merit

Example Sentences:
'a sorry horse'
'a sorry excuse'
'a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick'
'the car was a no-good piece of junk'

Synonyms

• good-for-naught
• good-for-nothing
• meritless
• no-account
• no-count
• no-good

4. blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry

causing dejection

Example Sentences:
'a blue day'
'the dark days of the war'
'a week of rainy depressing weather'
'a disconsolate winter landscape'
'the first dismal dispiriting days of November'
'a dark gloomy day'
'grim rainy weather'

Synonyms

• blue
• dark
• dingy
• disconsolate
• dismal
• drab
• drear
• dreary
• gloomy
• grim

Similar Words

• cheerless
• depressing
• uncheerful