sorriness

Signification (Anglais)

1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being sorry; regret.
2. (uncountable) Worthlessness; wretchedness.

Synonymes

distress

paltriness

sadness

dolour

grieving

lament

miserableness

misery

regretfulness

regretting

sorrow

squalor

affliction

grief

chagrin

dolor

Traductions

Betrübtheit

mesquinesa

mesquineria

θλίψη

λυπηρώτης

λυπηρώτητα

nimiedad

التّفاهة

menudencia

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: sorinesse

Hérité de ancien anglais: sāriġness

Appartenant à frison occidental: searigens

In summary

From Middle English sorinesse, from Old English sāriġnes, from Proto-West Germanic *sairaganassī, *sairīganassī; equivalent to sorry + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian searigens (“soreness, tenderness”).