remorseful

English

Etymology

From remorse +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈmɔː(ɹ)sfʊl/

Adjective

remorseful (comparative more remorseful, superlative most remorseful)

1. (of a person) Feeling or filled with remorse.

   He was so remorseful that he voluntarily paid full restitution.

2. Expressing or caused by remorse.

   There was a remorseful look on her face.

Synonyms

• penitent
• apologetic
• regretful
• Thesaurus:remorseful

Antonyms

• remorseless
• unremorseful
• unrepentant

Related terms

• remorse
• remorsefully
• remorsefulness

Translations

feeling or filled with remorse

• Belarusian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: разкаян (bg) (razkajan)
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: katuva (fi), katuvainen
• German: reuevoll, reumütig (de), reuig (de)
• Irish: aiféalach
• Maori: kaniawhea
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: arrepentido (es), remordiente
• Swedish: ångerfull (sv)

expressing or caused by remorse

• Bulgarian: жалостив (bg) (žalostiv), съжалителен (bg) (sǎžalitelen)
• Finnish: katuva (fi), katuvainen
• German: reuevoll, reumütig (de), reuig (de)
• Spanish: compungido (es)
• Swedish: ångerfull (sv)

References

• “remorseful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “remorseful”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "remorseful" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press 2007.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.