Remorseful Meaning
/ɹɪˈmɔː(ɹ)sfʊl/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjFeeling or filled with remorse.
adjExpressing or caused by remorse.
Sentence Examples
Tom is remorseful, isn't he?
Dan didn't even appear remorseful.
Sami was very remorseful and he told the truth.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ boy apologized for breaking the window and offered to pay.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The defendant appeared genuinely ____ in court, expressing regret for the harm he had caused.
Word Origin & History
From remorse + -ful.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ boy apologized for breaking the window and offered to pay.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The defendant appeared genuinely ____ in court, expressing regret for the harm he had caused.