Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sorry-ass

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.78 in modern English

Syllables: sor-ry-ass
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pitiful, worthless; utterly terrible or dire.

Slang

Etymology

From sorry + -ass.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sorry

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

more sorry-ass (comparative) most sorry-ass (superlative)

Synonyms

pathetic pitisome null valueless compassionate pathetisad piteous pitiable pitiful sad poor rueful

Questions

What does sorry-ass mean?: Pitiful, worthless; utterly terrible or dire.
Where does sorry-ass come from?: From sorry + -ass.

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