feel sorry

Have compassion for

Feel sorry expresses sympathy or pity.

To feel sorry for someone is to sympathize with their misfortune: I feel sorry for anyone who has to work in this heat.

To feel sorry for yourself is to indulge in self-pity.

To feel sorry about something is to regret it: I feel sorry about what happened between us.

Related

my condolences · empathize · bleeding heart · compassion · remorse · guilt · sad · heavy heart · comfort · mourn · ache · grieve · console · shoulder to cry on · heartache · broken heart · tender · tears

Opposites
emotional response to others' misfortune

feel sorrygloat

Relish superiority smugly

not give a damn · celebrate · shrug off · dismiss · turn a blind eye

regret vs. satisfaction about one's own actions

feel sorrystand by

Remain ready to assist

own it · double down

attitude toward suffering

feel sorryrejoice

Feel or show delight

gloat · take pleasure · delight in · relish · crow

Family

feel, sorry, feels, feeling, felt, feelings, sorrow, sorrowful, sorrowfully

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G