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Synonyms for remorseful
rɪˈmɔrs fəlre·morse·ful
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remorsefuladjective
Synonyms:
apologetic, regretful, penitentAntonyms:
unrepentant, unremorsefulremorsefuladjective
Feeling or filled with remorse.
He was so remorseful that he voluntarily paid full restitution.
Synonyms:
penitent, apologetic, regretfulAntonyms:
unrepentant, unremorsefulremorsefuladjective
Expressing or caused by remorse.
There was a remorseful look on her face.
Synonyms:
penitent, apologetic, regretfulAntonyms:
unremorseful, unrepentant
Princeton's WordNet
contrite, remorseful, rueful, ruthfuladjective
feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
Synonyms:
contrite, rueful, ruthfulAntonyms:
unremorseful, impenitent, unrepentant
Dictionary of English Synonymes
remorsefuladjective
Synonyms:
compunctious, contrite, repentant, penitent, sorrowful
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#57036 | apologetic | |
#79078 | penitent | |
#105034 | contrite | |
#126324 | remorseful | |
#134051 | regretful | |
#151039 | rueful |
How to use remorseful in a sentence?
Christopher DeCoste and Tara Kawass:
Mr. Oddi is coming to realize exactly what happened and is extremely remorseful, why did this happen? Much of our work will go towards answering that question.
If you're remorseful and sad because a rumor you started ended up hurting several people, that means you really care about your friends and classmates -- and that's really important, let's figure out how you can improve your behavior so that you don't hurt them again.
We are aware of the tweets that surfaced after today’s game and have spoken to Sean, who is incredibly remorseful, regardless of how long ago he posted them, he is aware of the insensitivity and is taking full responsibility.
He feels hugely remorseful for everything that's happened — for the injuries and the deaths — but he never intended to cause harm to anybody, it seems to be a bit of an overreach.
I think the key is to know and believe that someone is truly remorseful and somebody truly made a mistake, that there was no premeditation.
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