What does repentant mean?

repentant means "feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds".

How many syllables are in repentant?

repentant has 3 syllables: re-pen-tant. The stress falls on "pen". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈpɛntənt/.

What is another word for repentant?

Close synonyms include penitent. 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.

What is the opposite of repentant?

The recorded antonyms are unrepentant.

Is repentant a common word?

repentant 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 repentant?

1 word rhymes with repentant. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

repentant — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
Synonymspenitent
Antonymsunrepentant
Similarcontrite penitential

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What does repentant mean?: repentant means "feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds".
How many syllables are in repentant?: repentant has 3 syllables: re-pen-tant. The stress falls on "pen". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈpɛntənt/.

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