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| penitent(adjective, unhappy, sorrowful, sorry) | |
| sorry(adjective, unhappy, regret, guilty) | |
| repentant(adjective, unhappy, sorry, regret) | |
| contrite(adjective, unhappy, sorry, regret) | |
| remorseful(adjective, unhappy, sorry, regret) | |
| apologetic(adjective, unhappy, sorry, regret) | |
| penitential(adjective, unhappy, regret, apologetic) | |
| regretful(adjective, unhappy, sorry, regret) | |
| rueful(adjective, unhappy, sorry, tormented) | |
| attritional(unhappy, sorry, apologetic) | |
| bad(adjective, unhappy, apologetic) | |
| conscience-stricken(unhappy, apologetic) | |
| guilt-ridden(unhappy, apologetic) | |
| melancholy(adjective, unhappy, apologetic) | |
| pitiful(adjective, unhappy, apologetic) | |
| self-reproachful(unhappy, apologetic) | |
| sorrowful(adjective, unhappy, sorry, apologetic) | |
| disconsolate(unhappy, apologetic) | |
| distressed(unhappy, apologetic) | |
| grieved(unhappy, apologetic) |
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