remorseful
pronunciation
How to pronounce remorseful in British English:
UK [rɪ'mɔ:sfl]
How to pronounce remorseful in American English:
US [rɪˈmɔrsfəl]
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- Adjective:
- feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
Word Origin
- remorseful (adj.)
- 1590s, from remorse + -ful. Related: Remorsefully; remorsefulness.
Example
- 1. But he did not sound remorseful that hong kong has taken a different course .
- 2. Xuan was remorseful , but he was too stubborn to admit he had been wrong .
- 3. When I am careless with my words and actions I later feel ashamed , remorseful and diminished .
- 4. There are no regrets in heaven , no remorseful tears , no second thoughts , no lost causes .
- 5. What if , for instance , I ask for a controlling interest in microsoft , but instead turn into a buck-toothed donkey or a remorseful oak tree ?