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Synonyms for remorseful
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ri-mawrs-fuhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈmɔrs fəl |
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Définition of remorseful
Origin :- 1590s, from remorse + -ful. Related: Remorsefully; remorsefulness.
- adj guilty, ashamed
- But the Sikhs maintained a remorseful silence and declined it.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- Now I understood the remorseful strain I had detected in her speeches.
- Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
- She took his hand in hers, a pang of remorseful pity wrenching her heart.
- Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland
- The remorseful past and the pain-filled present engulfed him.
- Extract from : « Janet of the Dunes » by Harriet T. Comstock
- His face was wrenched with pain, and his eyes full of remorseful misery.
- Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
- I felt as remorseful as if every tear he was hiding was a drop of blood.
- Extract from : « Ernest Linwood » by Caroline Lee Hentz
- She answered him with a soft little gasp, of a remorseful sob.
- Extract from : « Theo » by Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett
- She left him there and flew to Mabel, whom she embraced with a remorseful hug.
- Extract from : « The Giant's Robe » by F. Anstey
- Mr. Mervale seemed the picture of remorseful guilt and avenging bile.
- Extract from : « Zanoni » by Edward Bulwer Lytton
- Ashurst bit at his sleeve, to stifle a groan of remorseful longing.
- Extract from : « Five Tales » by John Galsworthy
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