Answer to "Be sorry" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word RUE , but the solution may also be FEELBAD which is one of the most recent solution (2011 in Washington Post).

Be sorry crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
RUE	58 %	3
REGRET	17 %	6
FEELBAD	8 %	7
MOURN	8 %	5
YOULL	8 %	5

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Be sorry

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• regret
• apologize
• rue
• regretting
• regrettable
• fear
• regretfully
• ruefully
• rueful
• regrettably
• remorse
• disarming

Crossword Answer definitions

RUE noun

1. Sorrow; repentance; regret.
2. Pity; compassion.

RUE verb

1. To cause to repent of sin or regret some past action.
2. To cause to feel sorrow or pity.
3. To repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had not taken place.
4. To feel compassion or pity.
5. To feel sorrow or regret.

RUE noun

1. Any of various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta, especially the herb Ruta graveolens (common rue), formerly used in medicines.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result RUE

• "The Murders in the __ Morgue"
• Actress McClanahan
• 35D, in Paris
• Be contrite
• Feel remorse
• McClanahan of "The Golden Girls"
• Paris street
• Quebec street-sign word
• Sorry state
• Street in Paris

More clues leading to the result REGRET

• Feel contrition
• "King Lear" theme
• Have second thoughts
• Feeling of rue
• Feel remorse
• Lament
• Feel sorry about
• Rue
• Feel contrite about
• Be sorry for

More clues leading to the result FEELBAD

• Have regrets
• Have the blues
• Have the blahs
• Suffer remorse
• Experience regret
• Be sorry
• Experience guilt, say

More clues leading to the result MOURN

• Sound dovish?
• Sit shiva, perhaps
• Pay respects, in a way
• Sit shiva
• Lament
• Express sorrow
• Grieve
• Rue
• What some doves seem to do
• Feel great sorrow

More clues leading to the result YOULL

• "___ Never Get Rich" (1940 movie)
• "__ be sorry!"
• "___ regret it!"
• "___ be sorry!"
• "___ be sorry"
• "___ Never Know," 1943 song
• "___ Never Walk Alone"
• "Try it, ___ like it!"
• "___ never believe this!"
• "___ thank me later"