remorseful — feeling deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed
Part of speech: ADJECTIVE
Definition: feeling deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed
Pronunciation (IPA): /rɪˈmɔːrsfəl/
Example Sentences
- The student looked remorseful after accidentally deleting his classmate's project file.
- My cat seemed remorseful after knocking over my coffee mug, but I suspect it was just hungry.
- He wrote a remorseful apology letter to his ex-girlfriend, but she had already changed her number.
remorseful
ADJECTIVE[/rɪˈmɔːrsfəl/]
feeling deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed
💡 Concept
feeling deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed
🎵 Rhyme
Once forceful in war, now resourceful and remorseful
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🎤Pronunciation
🇺🇸 US/rɪˈmɔːrsfəl/
🇬🇧 UK/rɪˈmɔːsfəl/
🌳Etymology
Rootremorse
Suffix--ful
🎵Rhyme
forcefulresourceful
forceful
resourceful
🔗Collocations
look remorseful
feel remorseful
deeply remorseful
genuinely remorseful
remorseful expression
remorseful tone
📝Examples
“The student looked remorseful after accidentally deleting his classmate's project file.”
😄 Fun example
“My cat seemed remorseful after knocking over my coffee mug, but I suspect it was just hungry.”
😄 Fun example
“He wrote a remorseful apology letter to his ex-girlfriend, but she had already changed her number.”
“The defendant appeared genuinely remorseful during the trial.”
📚Related Words
Synonyms
repentantregretfulcontritepenitentsorry
Antonyms
unrepentantdefiantshameless
Related
remorseguiltregretapologypenitence
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