sorrinessEtymologyFrom Middle English sorinesse, from Old English sāriġnes, from Proto-West Germanic *sairaganassī, *sairīganassī; equivalent to sorry + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian searigens (“soreness, tenderness”).sorriness means The state or quality of being sorry; regret. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 69 out of 100.nounThe state or quality of being sorry; regret.Worthlessness; wretchedness.“His friend, Mr. Smith, thought that "a sorry farmer on a sorry farm is a sorry sight." Bill hardly attained that level of sorriness.”