Remorseful [adjective]
Definition of Remorseful:
guilty, ashamed
Synonyms of Remorseful:
● Apologetic
● Regretful
● Sad
● Repentant
● Contrite
● Sorry
● Sorrowful
● Conscience-stricken
● Mournful
● Penitent
● Rueful
● Compunctious
● Penitential
● Attritional
● Chastened
● Guilt-ridden
● Self-reproachful
Opposite/Antonyms of Remorseful:
● Unashamed
● Happy
● Unmerciful
● Ruthless
● Remorseless
● Merciless
● Callous
● Unrepentant
● Joyful
● Glad
Sentence/Example of Remorseful:
But the Sikhs maintained a remorseful silence and declined it.
Now I understood the remorseful strain I had detected in her speeches.
She took his hand in hers, a pang of remorseful pity wrenching her heart.
The remorseful past and the pain-filled present engulfed him.
His face was wrenched with pain, and his eyes full of remorseful misery.
I felt as remorseful as if every tear he was hiding was a drop of blood.
She answered him with a soft little gasp, of a remorseful sob.
She left him there and flew to Mabel, whom she embraced with a remorseful hug.
Mr. Mervale seemed the picture of remorseful guilt and avenging bile.
Ashurst bit at his sleeve, to stifle a groan of remorseful longing.