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29 entries under adjective topic. ×
| penitent(sad, unhappy, sorrowful, sorry) | |
| sorry(sad, unhappy, regret, guilty) | |
| repentant(sad, unhappy, sorry, regret) | |
| contrite(sad, unhappy, sorry, regret) | |
| remorseful(sad, unhappy, sorry, regret) | |
| apologetic(sad, unhappy, sorry, regret) | |
| penitential(sad, unhappy, regret, apologetic) | |
| regretful(sad, unhappy, sorry, regret) | |
| ashamed(remorseful, regretting) | |
| rueful(sad, unhappy, sorry, tormented) | |
| bad(sad, unhappy, apologetic) | |
| guilty | |
| melancholy(sad, unhappy, apologetic) | |
| pitiful(sad, unhappy, apologetic) | |
| sheepish | |
| sorrowful(sad, unhappy, sorry, apologetic) | |
| atoning(sorry, penitent, repentant) | |
| bleak | |
| dejected | |
| depressed |
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