sorriness

== English == === Etymology === 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”). === Noun === sorriness (uncountable) The state or quality of being sorry; regret. Worthlessness; wretchedness.