Synonyms for contrite
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Repentant — sincerely penitent or feeling regret or sorrow, especially for one’s own actions
repentant, remorseful, penitent, sorry, apologetic, rueful, penitential, ruthful
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Sincerely penitent or feeling regret or sorrow, especially for one’s own actions.
Related words
- Word family
- contritely contriteness
Example sentences
- apologetic I don't like the apologetic undertone of this article.
- remorseful Sami was very remorseful and he told the truth.
- humble However humble it is, there is no place like home.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| contrite | rising | |
| apologetic | rising | |
| remorseful | rising | |
| penitent | rising | |
| repentant | rising | |
| humble | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- sorry2
- 6 letters
- humble2, rueful2
- 7 letters
- ruthful
- 8 letters
- penitent3
- 9 letters
- repentant3
- 10 letters
- apologetic5, remorseful3
- 11 letters
- penitential
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sorry2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- contrit