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65 entries under adjective topic. ×
| contrite(sad, humble, regret, remorse) | |
| sorry(sad, unhappy, regret, remorse) | |
| remorseful(sad, unhappy, sorry, regret) | |
| repentant(sad, unhappy, regret, remorse) | |
| regretful(sad, unhappy, sorry, regret) | |
| penitent(sad, unhappy, sorrowful, sorry) | |
| rueful(sad, unhappy, sorry, regret) | |
| conscience-stricken(sad, unhappy) | |
| excusatory | |
| ashamed(sorry, guilty, embarrassed, regretful) | |
| compunctious(sad, unhappy, sorry, regret) | |
| guilty | |
| penitential(sad, unhappy, regret, remorse) | |
| atoning(sorry, regret, remorse, penitent) | |
| bad(sad, unhappy, sorry) | |
| propitiatory(sorry, regret, remorse, remorseful) | |
| sheepish | |
| sorrowful(sad, unhappy, sorry, regretful) | |
| defensive(self-justifying, self-protective) | |
| expiatory(regret, remorse) |
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