remorseful
/ɹɪˈmɔː(ɹ)sfʊl/
remorseful adjective: feeling or filled with remorse.
Adjective
remorseful (comparative more remorseful, superlative most remorseful)
- Feeling or filled with remorse.
- He was so remorseful that he voluntarily paid full restitution.
- Expressing or caused by remorse.
- There was a remorseful look on her face.
- Quiet people too, for I think that about this time a sort of remorseful tenderness comes over the bullies and the nagsters, so that they go about gently and deprecatingly, hoping by one day's record sweetness to outface the year's blusterings.1906, Violet Hunt, The Workaday Woman, page 1
remorseful meaning in Urdu and Malayalam
remorseful in Urdu
- چپ چپ, پشیمان
remorseful in Malayalam
- പശ്ചാത്താപമുളള, താപമുളള, ഖേദമുളള
Synonyms of remorseful
Antonyms
Forms of remorseful
| comparative | more remorseful |
|---|---|
| superlative | most remorseful |
Origin of remorseful
From remorse + -ful.
Questions about remorseful
- What does remorseful mean?
- Remorseful means feeling or filled with remorse.
- What is remorseful in Urdu?
- Remorseful in Urdu is چپ چپ, پشیمان. See Remorseful meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is remorseful?
- Remorseful is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce remorseful?
- Remorseful is pronounced /ɹɪˈmɔː(ɹ)sfʊl/.
Words near remorseful in the dictionary
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