Meaning

2 senses
  1. Feeling or filled with remorse.

    He was so remorseful that he voluntarily paid full restitution.

    reuevoll, reumütig, reuig

  2. Expressing or caused by remorse.

    There was a remorseful look on her face.

    reuevoll, reumütig, reuig

More definitions
  • feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

Examples

27 sentences
  1. Tom didn't appear remorseful.

  2. Tom is remorseful.

    deTom ist reumütig. — Felixjp

  3. Tom was remorseful.

  4. Are you remorseful?

  5. Tom is remorseful, isn't he?

    deTom ist reumütig, nicht wahr? — wolfgangth

Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
feeling or filled with remorse:

Origin

From remorse + -ful.

From remorse + -ful.

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Forms

more remorseful, most remorseful
Comparativemore remorseful Lesson
Superlativemost remorseful Lesson

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

10 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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