| Main Entry: | remorseful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | guilty, ashamed |
Synonyms: |
apologetic, attritional, chastened, compunctious, conscience-stricken, contrite, guilt-ridden, mournful, penitent, penitential, regretful, repentant, rueful, sad, self-reproachful, sorrowful, sorry |
Antonyms: |
callous, merciless, remorseless, ruthless, unashamed, unmerciful |
| Main Entry: | sorry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | remorseful, regretful |
Synonyms: |
apologetic, attritional, compunctious, conscience-stricken, contrite, guilt-ridden, melted, penitent, penitential, repentant, self-accusing, self-condemnatory, self-reproachful, shamefaced, softened, touched |
Antonyms: |
glad, happy, unremorseful, unsorry |
| Main Entry: | penitential |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | remorseful |
Synonyms: |
apologetic, attritional, chastened, compunctious, conscience-stricken, contrite, guilt-ridden, mournful, penitent, regretful, repentant, rueful, sad, self-reproachful, sorrowful, sorry* |