sorriness

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the state of being sorrowful, regretful, or pitifully poor

   The sorriness of the abandoned house was hard to ignore.

From sorry + -ness. Sorry derives from Old English sārig ('pained, grieved, sorrowful'), from sār ('sore, pain'); it is unrelated etymologically to sorrow despite the resemblance.

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