remorseful

English

Etymology

From remorse +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈmɔː(ɹ)sfʊl/

Adjective

remorseful (comparative more remorseful, superlative most remorseful)

(of a person) 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.

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feeling or filled with remorse

Belarusian: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: разкаян (bg) (razkajan)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: katuva (fi), katuvainen
German: reuevoll, reumütig (de), reuig (de)
Irish: aiféalach
Maori: kaniawhea
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: arrepentido (es), remordiente

expressing or caused by remorse

Bulgarian: жалостив (bg) (žalostiv), съжалителен (bg) (sǎžalitelen)
Finnish: katuva (fi), katuvainen
German: reuevoll, reumütig (de), reuig (de)
Spanish: compungido (es)

References

remorseful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
“remorseful”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
"remorseful" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press 2007.
Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

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