sorriness

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Synoniemen

distress

paltriness

sadness

dolour

grieving

lament

miserableness

misery

regretfulness

regretting

sorrow

squalor

affliction

grief

chagrin

dolor

Vertalingen

Betrübtheit

mesquinesa

mesquineria

θλίψη

λυπηρώτης

λυπηρώτητα

nimiedad

التّفاهة

menudencia

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: sorinesse

Overgenomen van Oudengels: sāriġness

Verwant aan Fries: 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”).