contrite

1. 1.

   feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

   Synonymsremorsefulruefulruthful

   Similarpenitent

Other forms of contrite

comparative

contriter·

superlative

contritest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about contrite

What does contrite mean?

contrite means "feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses".

How many syllables are in contrite?

contrite has 2 syllables: con-trite. The stress falls on "trite". In IPA it is /kənˈtɹaɪt/.

What is another word for contrite?

Close synonyms include remorseful, rueful, ruthful. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is contrite a common word?

contrite is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with contrite?

3 words rhyme with contrite. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.