What does remorseful mean?

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

How many syllables are in remorseful?

remorseful has 3 syllables: remor-se-ful. The stress falls on "se". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈmɔɹsfəl/.

What is another word for remorseful?

Close synonyms include contrite, 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 remorseful a common word?

remorseful 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.

remorseful — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
Synonymscontrite rueful ruthful
Similarpenitent

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What does remorseful mean?: remorseful means "feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses".
How many syllables are in remorseful?: remorseful has 3 syllables: remor-se-ful. The stress falls on "se". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈmɔɹsfəl/.
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