remorseful

[ri-mawrs-fuhl] Example Sentences

re·morse·ful

[ri-mawrs-fuhl]
adjective
1.
full of remorse.
2.
characterized by or due to remorse: a remorseful mood.

Origin:
1585–95; remorse + -ful

re·morse·ful·ly, adverb
re·morse·ful·ness, noun
un·re·morse·ful, adjective
un·re·morse·ful·ly, adverb
un·re·morse·ful·ness, noun


1, 2. contrite, regretful, penitent.

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Remorseful is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
Example Sentences
  • He's arrogant, remorseful to an extent but mostly because he was caught.
  • In law, a remorseful offender is not let go but is given a lower sentence.
  • Not everyone who gets caught knows enough about what they did to be remorseful.
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World English Dictionary
remorse (rɪˈmɔːs)
 
n
1.  a sense of deep regret and guilt for some misdeed
2.  compunction; pity; compassion
 
[C14: from Medieval Latin remorsus a gnawing, from Latin remordēre to bite again, from re- + mordēre to bite]
 
re'morseful
 
adj
 
re'morsefully
 
adv
 
re'morsefulness
 
n

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