| regretful(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrowful, sorry) |
| sorry(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrowful, regret) |
| remorseful(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrowful, sorry) |
| repentant(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrowful, sorry) |
| contrite(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrowful, sorry) |
| apologetic(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrowful, sorry) |
| rueful(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrowful, sorry) |
| ashamed(adjective, remorseful, regretting) |
| conscience-stricken(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrowful, penitence) |
| penitential(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrowful, regret) |
| sorrowful(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorry, apologetic) |
| compunctious(adjective, sad, unhappy, sorrowful, sorry) |
| guilty |
| sad(adjective, unhappy, sorry, apologetic) |
| bad(adjective, sad, unhappy, apologetic) |
| abject(adjective, sorrowful, shamed) |
| prodigal son(noun, expression, idiom, child, penitence) |
| sheepish |
| atoning(adjective, sorrowful, sorry, shamed, repentant) |
| embarrassed |