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- Dictionaryremorseful/rɪˈmɔːsf(ʊ)l/
adjective
- 1. filled with remorse; sorry: "the defendant was remorseful for what he had done"
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adjective. formal uk / rɪˈmɔː.sf ə l / us / rɪˈmɔːr.sf ə l / Add to word list. feeling sad and guilty. Synonyms. contrite formal. regretful. rueful literary. sorry (EXPRESSING REGRET) SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Sadness and regret. aw. be/weigh on your conscience idiom. bitter. black dog. breastbeating. cry. doom and gloom.
If you are remorseful, you feel very guilty and sorry about something wrong that you have done.
The adjective remorseful is good for describing someone who is really, really sorry — like a teenager who borrows his parents' car without asking and drives it into a tree. Someone who feels remorseful has usually done something that he or she now feels guilty about.
remorseful (for/about something) feeling extremely sorry for something wrong or bad that you have done. He seemed genuinely remorseful for what he had done.
prick someone's conscience idiom. regretfully. remorsefully. repentant. See more results » (Definition of remorseful from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of remorseful. remorseful. He is remorseful, and he does feel compelled now to do what he can to help his victims. From Reuters.
: motivated or marked by remorse. remorsefully. ri-ˈmȯrs-fə-lē. adverb. remorsefulness noun. Synonyms. apologetic. compunctious. contrite. penitent. regretful. repentant. rueful. sorry. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of remorseful in a Sentence. was remorseful about all the trouble that he had caused in the family.
Remorseful definition: full of remorse. . See examples of REMORSEFUL used in a sentence.
Define remorseful. remorseful synonyms, remorseful pronunciation, remorseful translation, English dictionary definition of remorseful. adj. Marked by or filled with remorse. re·morse′ful·ly adv. re·morse′ful·ness n.
a feeling of sadness and being sorry for something you have done: He felt no remorse for the murders he had committed. After the argument, she was filled with remorse. Synonyms. compunction formal. regret. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Sadness and regret. aw. be/weigh on your conscience idiom. bitter. black dog. breastbeating. cry.
1. : a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach. 2. obsolete : compassion. Did you know? In Latin, mordere means "to bite;" thus, remorse is something that "gnaws" at you over and over.
