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remorseful

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re·morse·ful  (r-môrsfl)
adj.
Marked by or filled with remorse.
re·morseful·ly adv.
re·morseful·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.remorseful - feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
contrite, rueful, ruthful
penitent, repentant - feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
remorseful
adjective regretful, sorry, guilty, sad, ashamed, apologetic, chastened, rueful, contrite, sorrowful, repentant, guilt-ridden, penitent, conscience-stricken, self-reproachful He was genuinely remorseful.
Translations
remorseful [rɪˈmɔːsfʊl] ADJ (= regretful) → arrepentido
remorseful [rɪˈmɔːrsfʊl] adj → plein(e) de remords
remorseful
adj → reumütig, reuig; to feel remorseful → Reue spüren
remorseful [rɪˈmɔːsfʊl] adj → pieno/a di rimorsi
remorseful [rɪˈmɔːsfʊl] adj → pieno/a di rimorsi


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Next morning I was afoot early, bent on my quest in right good earnest; for I had a remorseful feeling that I had not been sufficiently diligent the day before, had spent too much time in dreaming and moralising, in which opinion I am afraid the reader will agree.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
And as each of these roaring gangs of enthusiasts marched away, some remorseful member of it was quite sure to raise his voice and say:
Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context
I was not at all remorseful for having unwittingly set those other branches of the Pocket family to the poor arts they practised: because such littlenesses were their natural bent, and would have been evoked by anybody else, if I had left them slumbering.
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