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Synonyms for apologetic
əˌpɒl əˈdʒɛt ɪkapolo·get·ic
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apologeticadjective
Having the character of apology; regretfully excusing
His tone was apologetic as he explained what had happened.
Synonyms:
remorseful, regretful, sorry
Princeton's WordNet
apologetic, excusatoryadjective
offering or expressing apology
"an apologetic note"; "an apologetic manner"
Synonyms:
excusatoryAntonyms:
unapologetic
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2263 | sorry | |
#57036 | apologetic | |
#99295 | repentant | |
#105034 | contrite | |
#126324 | remorseful | |
#134051 | regretful |
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We saw something striking happen the next morning on the The House floor, republicans who knew John Dingell, and are friends with Debbie Dingell, went up to her on the floor and were very apologetic for the President, hugging her, embracing her, including Louie Gohmert, who is one of President Trump's number one attack dogs in the The House, apologizing for the President. It's a reminder that even though this partisan rancor has hit a fever pitch in Washington amid all the impeachment, there is some decency, still, in the halls of Congress.
We condemn the statements and are deeply apologetic for them, including comments regarding interactions with elected officials, they are entirely inconsistent with the way we expect our people to conduct themselves. We were shocked by these interviews and stand by our commitments to working on finding solutions to climate change.
She sounded apologetic. She told me that the deal was made above her head, that she was taken out of the negotiations because she was pushing for jail time, she sounded like she wasn't in favor of that outcome, but she tried to be positive and sell it to me as well. At least he's off the streets, he's not practicing anymore, he won't be able to do this anymore to anyone else.
The minute they were found they were apologetic.
These articles that you're talking about were 17, 18 years ago, some of those were columns. They were humor columns, but some of them weren't funny and so I am apologetic. I'm embarrassed by some of those things that I wrote, but I do think we should get back to the issue of whether I'm qualified to be on the Federal Reserve Board.
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