What does remorseful mean?
Remorseful means (of a person) Feeling or filled with remorse..
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/ɹɪˈmɔː(ɹ)sfʊl/ · adjective
(of a person) Feeling or filled with remorse..
He was so remorseful that he voluntarily paid full restitution.
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.
Use remorseful when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Remorseful means (of a person) Feeling or filled with remorse..
Common synonyms include penitent, apologetic, regretful, remorseful.
Possible antonyms include remorseless, unremorseful, unrepentant, impenitent.
He was so remorseful that he voluntarily paid full restitution.
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