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45 entries under adjective topic. ×
| regretful(sad, unhappy, sorrowful, sorry) | |
| sorry(sad, unhappy, sorrowful, regret) | |
| remorseful(sad, unhappy, sorrowful, sorry) | |
| repentant(sad, unhappy, sorrowful, sorry) | |
| contrite(sad, unhappy, sorrowful, sorry) | |
| apologetic(sad, unhappy, sorrowful, sorry) | |
| rueful(sad, unhappy, sorrowful, sorry) | |
| ashamed(remorseful, regretting) | |
| conscience-stricken(sad, unhappy, sorrowful, penitence) | |
| penitential(sad, unhappy, sorrowful, regret) | |
| sorrowful(sad, unhappy, sorry, apologetic) | |
| compunctious(sad, unhappy, sorrowful, sorry) | |
| guilty | |
| sad(unhappy, sorry, apologetic) | |
| bad(sad, unhappy, apologetic) | |
| abject(sorrowful, shamed) | |
| atoning(sorrowful, sorry, shamed, repentant) | |
| embarrassed | |
| attritional(sad, unhappy, sorrowful, sorry) | |
| grief-stricken |
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