Извините, простите, сорри!
По статистике, каждый англоговорящий человек извиняется как минимум 8 раз в день, а иногда и целых 20!
На английском мы можем попросить прощение за прошлые ошибки, выразить сожалении о чем-то в будущем, извиниться из-за плохой погоды и даже заполнить невинную паузу в разговоре, когда нужно пару секунд собраться с мыслями.
Давай разберем 12 фраз, которыми можно заменить привычное «I’m sorry».
1. I owe you an apology for
(formal)
Dear CEO! I owe you an apology for what happened at Christmas Party.
2. I take full responsibility for my actions
(intensive, formal)
I take full responsibility for my actions, I shouldn’t act out in such an unprofessional way.
3. I’m so / very sorry / I’m so very sorry
I’m so very sorry to tell the receptionist that she looked like a marshmallow – her dress was nice.
4. I’m ever so sorry
I’m ever so sorry for loudly discussing our political situation – it should’ve been done in private.
5. I’m terribly / awfully sorry for
I’m awfully sorry for interrupting you while your “thank you” speech.
6. It was thoughtless / careless of me
It was thoughtless of me to tell the result of your test to all the class.
7. I sincerely apologize for
(written communication)
I sincerely apologize for telling lies about our company’s financial situation.
8. I hope you can forgive me
(a bag for forgiveness)
I hope you can forgive me for pulling your husband onto the dancefloor, using his tie.
9. I didn’t mean to
(if your intentions were not bad)
I didn’t mean to read your direct messengers.
10. I was in the wrong
I was in the wrong when I tried to fistfight with you.
11. I deeply regret
I deeply regret telling you to back off when you come over to help.
12. It won’t happen again
I really promise it won’t happen again. So… can I have my documents back?
Довольно часто нам ошибочно хочется заменить «I’m sorry» на «Excuse me». Но в английском языке есть разница между значениями этих фраз.
Мы говорим «(I’m) sorry»:
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Если доставили реальное неудобство – опоздали, случайно что-то разбили, оскорбили друга, а теперь раскаиваемся.
Sorry, I’m late.
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Когда нужно отказаться от каких-либо услуг.
Sorry, we have decided to change the hotel.
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Чтобы показать, что не услышали или не поняли что-то.
– Will you date me?
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Если сочувствуем собеседнику.
– My rabbit died yesterday.
– Oh, I’m sorry about that.
Мы говорим «Excuse me», если:
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НЕ извиняемся, а хотим обратиться к собеседнику.
Excuse me, are you waiting for Lisa?
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Доставили мелкое, непреднамеренное беспокойство: чихнули, наступили на ногу, громко икнули или захохотали так, что собеседник в страхе вздрогнул (в этом случае можно сказать и «sorry», но чаще – «excuse me»).
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Хотим вежливо «откланяться», когда нужно покинуть помещение.
Excuse me, I have to go.
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Просим уступить дорогу или подвинуться.
Excuse me, could you make way for the child?
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Хотим показать собеседнику удивление или недовольство тем, что он сказал.
– You must pay 100$ just now.
– Excuse me?
Не так важно, в какой именно ситуации вы оказались, помните: всегда можно извиниться и загладить ситуацию. Вежливость покоряет. В английском особенно!
1 apologetic, conscience-stricken, contrite, guilt-ridden, in sackcloth and ashes, penitent, regretful, remorseful, repentant, self-reproachful, shamefaced
2 disconsolate, distressed, grieved, melancholy, mournful, sad, sorrowful, unhappy
3 commiserative, compassionate, full of pity, moved, pitying, sympathetic
4 abject, base, deplorable, dismal, distressing, mean, miserable, paltry, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, sad, shabby, vile, wretched
Antonyms
1 impenitent, not contrite, shameless, unapologetic, unashamed, unremorseful, unrepentant
2 cheerful, delighted, elated, happy, joyful
3 compassionless (rare) heartless, indifferent, uncompassionate, unconcerned, unmoved, unpitying, unsympathetic
English Collins Dictionary — English synonyms & Thesaurus
sorry
( sorrier comparative) ( sorriest superlative )
1 convention You say `Sorry’ or `I’m sorry’ as a way of apologizing to someone for something that you have done which has upset them or caused them difficulties, or when you bump into them accidentally., (formulae)
`We’re all talking at the same time.'<emdash10001`Yeah. Sorry.’…, Sorry I took so long…, Sorry for barging in like this…, I’m really sorry if I said anything wrong…, I’m sorry to call so late, but I need a favour…, The next morning she came into my room and said she was sorry.
2 adj If you are sorry about a situation, you feel regret, sadness, or disappointment about it.
v-link ADJ, usu ADJ about n, ADJ that/to-inf
She was very sorry about all the trouble she’d caused…, I’m sorry about what’s happened…, I’m sorry he’s gone…, He was sorry to see them go.
3 convention You use I’m sorry or sorry as an introduction when you are telling a person something that you do not think they will want to hear, for example when you are disagreeing with them or giving them bad news.
No, I’m sorry, I can’t agree with you…, `I’m sorry,’ he told the real estate agent, `but we really must go now.’…, Sorry<endash10001no baths after ten o’clock…, I’m sorry to have to tell you that Janet West is dead.
4 You use the expression I’m sorry to say to express regret together with disappointment or disapproval.
♦
I’m sorry to say phrase PHR with cl, PHR that (feelings)
I’ve only done half of it, I’m sorry to say…, This, I am sorry to say, is almost entirely wishful thinking.
5 convention You say `I’m sorry’ to express your regret and sadness when you hear sad or unpleasant news., (feelings)
I’ve heard about Mollie<endash10001I’m so sorry…, `I’m afraid he’s ill.’—`I’m sorry to hear that.’
6 adj If you feel sorry for someone who is unhappy or in an unpleasant situation, you feel sympathy and sadness for them.
v-link ADJ for n
I felt sorry for him and his colleagues<endash10001it must have been so frustrating for them…, I am very sorry for the family.
7 adj You say that someone is feeling sorry forthemselves when you disapprove of the fact that they keep thinking unhappily about their problems, rather than trying to be cheerful and positive.
v-link ADJ for pron-refl (disapproval)
What he must not do is to sit around at home feeling sorry for himself.
8 convention You say `Sorry?’ when you have not heard something that someone has said and you want them to repeat it., (formulae)
(=pardon, excuse me)
9 convention You use sorry when you correct yourself and use different words to say what you have just said, especially when what you say the second time does not use the words you would normally choose to use.
Barcelona will be hoping to bring the trophy back to Spain<endash>sorry, Catalonia<endash>for the first time.
10 adj If someone or something is in a sorry state, they are in a bad state, mentally or physically.
ADJ n
The fire left Kuwait’s oil industry in a sorry state…
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better safe than sorry
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sorryadjective
Synonyms:
heavyhearted, compunctious, regretful, mournful, apologetic, sad, unhappy, remorseful, penitent, penitential, attritional, repentant, contrite, melancholy
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sorry
Synonyms:
grieved, pained, hurt, afflicted, woe-begone, doleful, downhearted, mortified, vexed, dejected, poor, mean, vile, shabby, worthlessAntonyms:
glad, rejoiced, delighted, pleased, gratified, fine, choice, handsome
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regretful, sorry, badadjective
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
«felt regretful over his vanished youth»; «regretful over mistakes she had made»; «he felt bad about breaking the vase»
Synonyms:
speculative, deplorable, big, no-account, dismal, dark, disconsolate, uncollectible, no-count, good-for-nothing, regretful, blue, tough, no-good, unfit, high-risk, grim, sad, risky, good-for-naught, lamentable, unsound, spoilt, distressing, bad, spoiled, forged, pitiful, gloomy, drab, dingy, dreary, defective, drear, meritlessAntonyms:
cheerful, valuable, good -
deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorryadjective
bad; unfortunate
«my finances were in a deplorable state»; «a lamentable decision»; «her clothes were in sad shape»; «a sorry state of affairs»
Synonyms:
regretful, deplorable, hapless, no-account, reprehensible, woeful, dismal, troubling, execrable, dingy, disconsolate, perturbing, no-count, good-for-nothing, miserable, worrying, criminal, no-good, vicious, disturbing, dark, grim, sad, piteous, condemnable, lamentable, worrisome, misfortunate, pitiable, distressing, bad, poor, pathetic, wretched, pitiful, gloomy, drab, distressful, dreary, drear, good-for-naught, blue, meritlessAntonyms:
cheerful, valuable, good -
good-for-nothing, good-for-naught, meritless, no-account, no-count, no-good, sorryadjective
without merit
«a sorry horse»; «a sorry excuse»; «a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick»; «the car was a no-good piece of junk»
Synonyms:
grim, dreary, regretful, gloomy, good-for-nothing, dingy, drear, bad, good-for-naught, pitiful, rubber, blue, lamentable, deplorable, dark, dismal, drab, meritless, no-account, no-count, distressing, no-good, sad, disconsolateAntonyms:
valuable, cheerful, good -
blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, drearyadjective
causing dejection
«a blue day»; «the dark days of the war»; «a week of rainy depressing weather»; «a disconsolate winter landscape»; «the first dismal dispiriting days of November»; «a dark gloomy day»; «grim rainy weather»
Synonyms:
black, blueish, non-white, gloomful, stern, unappeasable, ghastly, moody, forbidding, relentless, dingy, raunchy, bluish, mordant, risque, gruesome, depressed, dirty, gamey, down in the mouth, low, sinister, olive-drab, lamentable, muddied, unrelenting, sullen, juicy, sulky, bad, gloomy, meritless, low-spirited, saturnine, good-for-naught, dispirited, gamy, down(p), grisly, good-for-nothing, dark, naughty, unconsolable, benighted, sad, muddy, sober, gentle, grubby, grungy, dark-skinned, aristocratic, inconsolable, racy, regretful, somber, spicy, blue-blooded, blue, puritanical, no-count, drear, macabre, disconsolate, no-account, dreary, grimy, coloured, inexorable, puritanic, aristocratical, no-good, deplorable, glowering, morose, pitiful, patrician, profane, blasphemous, sombre, drab, glum, unforgiving, glooming, sour, blue(a), downcast, downhearted, distressing, dour, obscure, sick, grim, dismal, begrimedAntonyms:
cheerful, good, valuable
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sorryadjective
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grieved, SORROWFUL -
sorryadjective
Synonyms:
mean, vile, base, poor, miserable, wretched, pitiful, abject, beggarly, rascally, contemptible, despicable, shabby, bad, low, paltry -
sorryadjective
Synonyms:
mournful, dismal, sad, painful, melancholy
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sorryadjective
Synonyms:
melancholy, mournful, dismal, depressing, sad, abject, despicable, miserable, mean, paltry, contemptible, pitiful, contrite, penitent, chagrined, pained
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List of paraphrases for «sorry»:
excuse, -sorry, forgiveness, pardon, sad, s-sorry, apologise, desolated, apology, regrettable, dorry, sorry.
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Coco Gauff:
OK, I’m sorry about that.
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Brandon Taubman:
This past Saturday, during our clubhouse celebration, I used inappropriate language for which I am deeply sorry and embarrassed, in retrospect, I realize that my comments were unprofessional and inappropriate.
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Phil Mickelson:
I know this should’ve come sooner, but it’s taken me a few days to calm down. My anger and frustration got the best of me last weekend, i’m embarrassed and disappointed by my actions. It was clearly not my finest moment and I’m sorry.
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John McCain:
With Sen. Lindsey Graham’s announcement, Republicans lost our most qualified, thoughtful, fearless and honest presidential candidate, not to mention the candidate with the best (and it seemed sometimes the only) sense of humor, as sorry as I am to see Lindsey’s candidacy end, I understand his reasons, and I’m as proud of him as I’ve ever been for his exemplary service to our party and our country.
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Samuel Shaffer:
It did start as a religious thing, but I do accept culpability, i am sorry.
Translations for sorry
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- jammerAfrikaans
- أنا آسفة, عفوًا!, آسف, أنا آسف, آسفة, عذراً!, ماذا قلت؟Arabic
- bağışlayınAzerbaijani
- выбачайце, выбачайBelarusian
- пардон, съжалявам, извинявай, извине́теBulgarian
- দুঃখিত, সরি, মাফ করবেনBengali
- perdó, llastimós, afligit, disculpesCatalan, Valencian
- prosím, pardon, promiňte, zarmoucený, promiň, žalostnýCzech
- undskyld, ked af, beklager, sørgeligDanish
- verzeihen Sie bitte, wie bitte?, wie?, sorry, traurig, bitte?, Entschuldigung, ich bitte um Entschuldigung, es tut mir Leid, armselig, entschuldigen Sie bitte, beklagenswert, VerzeihungGerman
- συγγνώμηGreek
- discúlpame, lo siento, disculpe, ¿ah?, perdón, cómo, pobre, perdóname, mande, ¿eh?, disculpaSpanish
- vabandustEstonian
- پوزش, ببخشید, معذرت میخواهمPersian
- anteeksi, pahoittelen, surkea, [[olla, sori, anteeksipyyntö, surullinen, pahoillaanFinnish
- excusez-moi, hein, pardon, excuse-moi, désolé, navré, quoi, comment, ?French
- gabh mo leithscéal, tá brón orm, brónachIrish
- tha mi duilich, duilich, b’ àill leibh, b’ àill leat, truaghScottish Gaelic
- מצטער, סְלִיחָהHebrew
- माफ़ कीजिए, सॉरीHindi
- bocsánat, elnézést kérek, elnézést, nem értem, tessék?, bocs, sajnál, elnézéstHungarian
- ներողություն, կներես, ներիր, կներեք, ներեցեքArmenian
- maafIndonesian
- fyrirgefðu, afsakið, fyrirgefðu mérIcelandic
- mi scuso, scusa, scusi, scuse, mi scusiItalian
- מצטערHebrew
- もう一度, もう一回, 申し訳ありません, 残念, すみません, 遺憾, え, かわいそう, 何, 恐縮, すまない, 失礼しました, ごめんなさい, 気の毒, 申し訳ないJapanese
- რა, უკაცრავადGeorgian
- សូមទោសKhmer
- 실례, 미안하다, [[죄송]][[합니다]]Korean
- بهڵێ, ببووره, پهشیمان, خهجاڵهت, لێبوردنKurdish
- mihi ignoscite, excusate, repete, me paenitet, doleo, excusa, mihi īgnōsce, meā culpāLatin
- waat?, spietelik, zörgelikLimburgish, Limburgan, Limburger
- ຂໍໂທດLao
- atsiprašau, dovanokite, atleiskiteLithuanian
- piedodietLatvian
- юу гэнээ?, уучлаарайMongolian
- maafMalay
- skużani, skużiMaltese
- armzalig, pardon, het spijt me, treurig, wat zeg je, excuseer, sorry, spijten, wat zegt uDutch
- lei, unnskyld, beklager, sørgeligNorwegian
- maanendamOjibwe, Ojibwa
- przepraszam?, przykro mi, przepraszam, słucham?, przykry, żałosnyPolish
- quê?, foi mal, lastimável, desculpa, perdão, perdão?, hein?Portuguese
- scuzați, scuză-mă, scuză, scuzați-mă, îmi pare răuRomanian
- что?, что вы сказали, пардо́н, извиниться, плачевный, жаль, извинить, жалкий, сожалеющий, прошу прощения, со́рри, [[просить, простить, огорчённыйRussian
- izvinite, опростите, извини, molim, oprostite, izvini, извинитеSerbo-Croatian
- prepáčte, bohužiaľ, prepáčSlovak
- oprosti, oprostiteSlovene
- më fal, më falniAlbanian
- ledsen, förlåt, sorglig, ledsam, ursäktaSwedish
- மன்னிக்கவும்Tamil
- క్షమించండిTelugu
- ขอโทษThai
- paumanhin, patawadTagalog
- özür dilerim, pardon, üzgünüm, affedersiniz, üzgün, efendim, afedersiniz, affedersin, afedersinTurkish
- كەچۈرۈڭUyghur, Uighur
- перепрошую, пробач, пробачтеUkrainian
- معاف کیجیئے, ساریUrdu
- xin lỗiVietnamese
- 抱歉Chinese
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- apologetic
- contrite
- regretful
- remorseful
- touched
- attritional
- compunctious
- conscience-stricken
- guilt-ridden
- melted
- penitent
- penitential
- repentant
- self-accusing
- self-condemnatory
- self-reproachful
- shamefaced
- softened
- pitiful
- sad
- sorrowful
- unhappy
- disconsolate
- distressed
- grieved
- heartbroken
- heavy-hearted
- melancholy
- mournful
- rueful
- saddened
- dismal
- distressing
- miserable
- pitiful
- sad
- abject
- base
- beggarly
- cheap
- contemptible
- deplorable
- despisable
- disgraceful
- inadequate
- insignificant
- mean
- paltry
- piteous
- pitiable
- poor
- scruffy
- scummy
- scurvy
- shabby
- shoddy
- small
- trifling
- trivial
- unimportant
- vile
- worthless
- wretched
On this page you’ll find 129 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sorry, such as: apologetic, contrite, remorseful, regretful, touched, and attritional.
antonyms for sorry
- happy
- glad
- heartened
- hopeful
- joyful
- good
- nice
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WORDS RELATED TO SORRY
- afflicted
- altered
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- compassionate
- concerned
- damaged
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- excited
- grieved
- impaired
- impressed
- influenced
- injured
- overwhelmed
- overwrought
- sorry
- stimulated
- stirred
- sympathetic
- tender
- touched
- troubled
- upset
- averse
- backward
- disinclined
- hesitant
- indisposed
- loath
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- sorry
- uneager
- unhappy
- unwilling
- atoning
- attritional
- compunctious
- conciliatory
- contrite
- expiatory
- explanatory
- on one’s knees
- penitent
- penitential
- propitiatory
- regretful
- remorseful
- repentant
- rueful
- self-effacing
- self-incriminating
- sorry
- supplicating
- abashed
- apologetic
- bashful
- blushing
- chagrined
- compunctious
- conscience-stricken
- contrite
- crestfallen
- debased
- demeaned
- discomfited
- disconcerted
- distraught
- distressed
- embarrassed
- flustered
- guilty
- hesitant
- humble
- humbled
- humiliated
- meek
- mortified
- muddled
- penitent
- regretful
- reluctant
- repentant
- shamed
- shamefaced
- sheepish
- shy
- sorry
- stammering
- stuttering
- submissive
- abject
- abominable
- cheap
- coarse
- common
- contemptible
- corrupt
- depraved
- despicable
- disgraceful
- dishonorable
- disreputable
- foul
- grovelling
- humble
- ignoble
- immoral
- indelicate
- loathsome
- lowly
- mean
- menial
- offensive
- paltry
- pitiful
- plebeian
- poor
- scandalous
- servile
- shameful
- shoddy
- sleazy
- sordid
- sorry
- squalid
- trashy
- ugly
- unworthy
- vile
- worthless
- wretched
- abject
- abominable
- cheap
- coarse
- common
- contemptible
- corrupt
- depraved
- despicable
- disgraceful
- dishonorable
- disreputable
- foul
- grovelling
- humble
- ignoble
- immoral
- indelicate
- loathsome
- lowly
- mean
- menial
- offensive
- paltry
- pitiful
- plebeian
- poor
- scandalous
- servile
- shameful
- shoddy
- sleazy
- sordid
- sorry
- squalid
- trashy
- ugly
- unworthy
- vile
- worthless
- wretched
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