Remorseful

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Remorseful \Re*morse"ful\ (-m?rs"f?l), a.
     1. Full of remorse.
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              The full tide of remorseful passion had abated.
                                                    --Sir W.


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     2. Compassionate; feeling tenderly. [Obs.] --Shak.
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     3. Exciting pity; pitiable. [Obs.] --Chapman.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Re*morse"ful*ly}, adv. --
        {Re*morse"ful*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  remorseful
       adj : feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
             [syn: {contrite}, {rueful}, {ruthful}, {sorry}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "remorseful":
     anxious, apologetic, ashamed, bad, bitter, compunctious,
     conscience-smitten, conscience-stricken, contrite, embarrassed,
     full of remorse, guilty, humbled, humiliated, mortified, penitent,
     penitential, regretful, repentant, repining, rueful, self-accusing,
     self-condemning, self-convicting, self-debasing, self-flagellating,
     self-humiliating, self-punishing, self-reproaching, shamed,
     shamefaced, shamefast, shameful, sorrowful, sorry, unhappy about,
     wistful, woeful