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- DictionaryRe·morse·ful/rəˈmôrsf(ə)l/
adjective
- 1. filled with remorse; sorry: "the defendant was remorseful for what he had done"
: motivated or marked by remorse. remorsefully. ri-ˈmȯrs-fə-lē. adverb. remorsefulness noun. Synonyms. apologetic. compunctious. contrite. penitent. regretful. repentant. rueful. sorry. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of remorseful in a Sentence. was remorseful about all the trouble that he had caused in the family.
Remorseful definition: full of remorse. . See examples of REMORSEFUL used in a sentence.
adjective. formal uk / rɪˈmɔː.sf ə l / us / rɪˈmɔːr.sf ə l / Add to word list. feeling sad and guilty. Synonyms. contrite formal. regretful. rueful literary. sorry (EXPRESSING REGRET) SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Sadness and regret. aw. be/weigh on your conscience idiom. bitter. black dog. breastbeating. cry. doom and gloom.
adjective. formal us / rɪˈmɔːr.sf ə l / uk / rɪˈmɔː.sf ə l / Add to word list. feeling sad and guilty. Synonyms. contrite formal. regretful. rueful literary. sorry (EXPRESSING REGRET) SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Sadness and regret. aw. be/weigh on your conscience idiom. bitter. black dog. breastbeating. cry. doom and gloom.
penitence, repentance, contrition, compunction, remorse mean regret for sin or wrongdoing. penitence implies sad and humble realization of and regret for one's misdeeds. repentance adds the implication of a resolve to change. contrition stresses the sorrowful regret that constitutes true penitence.
The adjective remorseful is good for describing someone who is really, really sorry — like a teenager who borrows his parents' car without asking and drives it into a tree. Someone who feels remorseful has usually done something that he or she now feels guilty about.
Remorse, a noun, is what you feel if you regret your actions or wish for another outcome. The noun remorse has a very vivid origin. It comes from the Latin roots re for "again" and mordere "to bite."
If you are remorseful, you feel very guilty and sorry about something wrong that you have done.
Full of remorse; feeling, expressing, or caused by remorse. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: ruthful. rueful. contrite. guilty. sorrowful. ashamed. apologetic. regretful. repentant. penitential. compunctious. sorry. Antonyms: unmerciful. ruthless. merciless. unashamed. remorseless. callous. unrepentant.
remorseful (for/about something) feeling extremely sorry for something wrong or bad that you have done. He seemed genuinely remorseful for what he had done.
