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contrite

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of contrite

feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done

being contrite is not enough to spare you a detention if youʼre caught skipping class

Synonyms of contrite

apologetic, compunctious, penitent, regretful, remorseful, repentant, rueful, sorry

Words Related to contrite

ashamed, shamefaced, sheepish

dolorous, grieving, lugubrious, mournful, plaintive, sorrowful, wailing, weeping, woeful

Near Antonyms of contrite

compassionless, cruel, merciless, pitiless, ruthless, unmerciful

shameless, unashamed

Antonyms of contrite

impenitent, remorseless, unapologetic, unrepentant

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