sorrisome

comparative more sorrisome · superlative most sorrisome · alternative sorrysome

1. rareCharacterised or marked by sorriness or being sorry; pathetic; regretful; apologetic.

   We got bad news of our own to teach you, sorrysome to say.

   2010, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, page 295

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   He was telling that the initiating of these charges was not to get back a little bothersome and sorrisome patronage, but to get down to the very basis of the truth, and the very ugly charges that you yourself admit have been circulated about the job handling by the people of Mississippi.

   1951, Activities of the Mississippi Democratic Committee

   "Yes, it's a veryvery^([sic]) sorrysome state of affairs," Maida said.

   2010, Charles de Lint, Muse and Reverie, page 78