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Having the character or quality of contriteness
Suggestive or expressive of sorrow, distress or regret
Provoking pity, compassion, or sympathy
Adjective
▲
Having the character or quality of contriteness
remorseful
regretful
sorry
contrite
repentant
penitent
apologetic
compunctious
ashamed
shamefaced
sheepish
sorrowful
conscience-stricken
self-reproachful
guilty
guilt-ridden
attritional
chastened
penitential
hangdog
in sackcloth and ashes
full of regret
mournful
atoning
sad
abject
propitiatory
afraid
shamed
abashed
supplicating
mortified
self-incriminating
red-faced
on one's knees
self-condemnatory
embarrassed
uncomfortable
discomfited
humble
distressed
deprecatory
disappointed
awkward
self-accusing
unhappy
repenting
bad
awful
disturbed
troubled
penitentiary
with one's tail between one's legs
extremely sorry
very sorry
deeply saddened
conciliatory
explanatory
diffident
expiatory
humiliated
humbled
self-effacing
disgraced
chagrined
self-conscious
blushing
demeaned
flustered
discountenanced
shy
disconcerted
upset
crestfallen
dishonoured
UK
discredited
dishonored
US
terrible
rotten
unsettled
thrown
uneasy
discomposed
nervous
debased
bashful
put out of countenance
shown-up
ill at ease
caught with egg on your face
not know where to put yourself
with egg on one's face
wishing the earth would swallow one up
prudish
meek
stuttering
reserved
restrained
stammering
distraught
muddled
blush to think of
stupid
tarred and feathered
degraded
foolish
whipped
chastised
disdained
insignificant
derided
low
deflated
condemned
belittled
small
disparaged
shunned
crushed
reviled
diminished
shown up
scorned
mocked
inferior
in disgrace
fallen
castigated
more ❯
“The island's startling natural beauty can be a
rueful
reminder of what once was, up and down the Caribbean archipelago.”
Adjective
▲
Suggestive or expressive of sorrow, distress or regret
sorrowful
mournful
woeful
doleful
heartbroken
anguished
dolorous
sorry
grieving
agonised
UK
agonized
US
wailing
sad
dolesome
plangent
lamentable
funeral
bewailing
weeping
bemoaning
bitter
melancholy
deploring
lugubrious
aching
dismal
woebegone
plaintive
regretful
hangdog
miserable
wretched
disconsolate
unhappy
distressed
desolate
forlorn
dejected
depressed
despondent
grief-stricken
gloomy
blue
afflicted
tearful
crestfallen
cheerless
down
glum
brokenhearted
heartsick
joyless
despairing
melancholic
downcast
broken-hearted
inconsolable
downhearted
sombre
UK
somber
US
saddened
morose
upset
down in the mouth
sullen
heavyhearted
teary
tormented
heartsore
down in the dumps
cast down
suffering
mourning
low-spirited
dreary
grievous
troubled
pathetic
sorrowing
low
comfortless
heavy-hearted
distraught
piteous
elegiac
spiritless
heartrending
weepy
cut up
devastated
tortured
hurt
in the dumps
in pain
solemn
funereal
bereaved
dispirited
disheartened
pained
elegiacal
bleak
grieved
discouraged
pitiful
demoralized
US
perturbed
wounded
dire
emotional
abject
depressive
demoralised
UK
drear
hurting
angst-ridden
gray
US
lonesome
lonely
grey
UK
saturnine
heartbreaking
all torn up
lachrymose
painful
dark
distressing
down-and-out
grim
depressing
dull
wistful
lamenting
drab
anxious
bothered
traumatized
US
disappointed
drearisome
uninviting
ruthful
concerned
tristful
down-hearted
droopy
austere
harrowed
unwelcoming
discombobulated
uptight
traumatised
UK
aggrieved
crushed
disheartening
dour
dim
dingy
bare
dispiriting
cold
inhospitable
stark
godforsaken
morbid
shook
bugged
broken
antsy
gutted
black
chill
murky
tenebrific
bland
sepulchral
darkening
oppressive
plutonian
tenebrous
clinical
heavy with grief
dejecting
draggy
mopey
dreich
uncomfortable
sunless
impersonal
cloudy
racked with pain
racked with suffering
shook up
in tears
wintery
UK
Cimmerian
institutional
wintry
US
saddening
jarring
bummed out
sobbing
blubbering
crying
out of sorts
heart-rending
hopeless
sniveling
US
dolent
pensive
blubbing
shaken
disconcerted
vexed
ruffled
disquieted
unnerved
agitated
discomposed
calamitous
heavy
bawling
whimpering
howling
overwhelmed
harassed
flustered
aflutter
wrecked
discountenanced
plagued
tragic
snivelling
UK
mirthless
irked
haunted
spooked
bad
jumpy
unglued
persecuted
strung out
in the pits
in mourning
in sorrow
full of sorrow
in a tizzy
overcome with sorrow
in a stew
displeased
worried
racked
disturbed
nostalgic
repining
bleeding
burnt
burned
sore
contused
deeply saddened
deeply regretful
very regretful
dreamy
in distress
in anguish
in doldrums
in grief
pitiable
sobbing loudly
poor
worthless
choked
down in dumps
moody
crummy
destroyed
cast-down
down and out
languorous
triste
listless
languid
pessimistic
sulky
uneasy
bereft
threnodic
powerless
helpless
bummed
downtrodden
sour
hapless
dirge-like
long-faced
chap-fallen
regrettable
harrowing
moist
deplorable
watery
afflictive
larmoyant
blubbery
greeting
close to tears
on the verge of tears
desperate
resigned
in despair
oppressed
overcome
weary
sunk
negative
long-suffering
foreboding
downbeat
doomed
defeatist
unmitigable
unfortunate
suicidal
discouraging
agonizing
US
agonising
UK
without hope
up the creek
shot down
in low spirits
at the end of your tether
bowed down
excruciating
fed up
sick at heart
tormenting
fraught
grave
sorrow-ridden
very sad
severe
forbidding
stony
shattered
sinister
dreadful
luckless
moving
careworn
at wits' end
strained
discontented
stirring
horrible
ominous
crabby
languished
having blue devils
dysphoric
down in mouth
singing the blues
having the blahs
awful
ailing
sick as a parrot
pain-filled
chapfallen
on a downer
atrocious
mortified
pining
hag-ridden
sorry for yourself
lorn
down-in-the-mouth
companionless
anxiety-ridden
in a blue funk
cynical
agonious
agonous
weighed down
at end of one's rope
nowhere to go
more ❯
“She cast a
rueful
glance at the ruins of her childhood home, filled with sorrow and regret for the memories lost.”
Adjective
▲
Provoking pity, compassion, or sympathy
sorry
miserable
wretched
pathetic
heartbreaking
pitiful
heartrending
poor
pitiable
piteous
sad
dismal
lamentable
woeful
distressing
harrowing
doleful
grievous
unfortunate
tragic
deplorable
cheerless
dire
joyless
hopeless
comfortless
abject
depressing
poignant
dreary
sorrowful
mournful
unhappy
upsetting
heart-rending
distressful
moving
gut-wrenching
dreadful
terrible
forlorn
saddening
grim
bleak
melancholy
disheartening
gloomy
sombre
UK
drab
somber
US
discouraging
appalling
morose
drear
touching
affecting
bad
disappointing
funereal
disturbing
traumatic
regrettable
painful
desolate
agonizing
US
shocking
dark
depressive
glum
awful
dolorous
disquieting
unpleasant
plaintive
tearful
rotten
inferior
frightful
execrable
horrible
agonising
UK
horrendous
unlucky
tear-jerking
difficult
bitter
troublesome
dispiriting
excruciating
oppressive
melancholic
disconsolate
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
ruthful
crushing
crummy
discomforting
stirring
sullen
solemn
uncomfortable
vexatious
abysmal
dejecting
dispirited
mirthless
dolesome
discomposing
unnerving
afflicted
atrocious
cold
foul
horrific
rubbish
lugubrious
diabolical
mortifying
lachrymose
disgraceful
laughable
godawful
to be pitied
heart-wrenching
abominable
contemptible
disastrous
shoddy
egregious
shameful
black
calamitous
lousy
direful
derisory
catastrophic
heart-breaking
odious
god-awful
luckless
sober
hapless
suffering
base
distressed
disconcerting
depressed
misfortunate
ill-fated
teary
ill-starred
dingy
plangent
horrifying
derisible
pensive
horrid
heartsickening
beseeching
ruined
imploring
commiserable
entreating
humourless
UK
humorless
US
mediocre
inept
unsatisfactory
inadequate
shabby
foolish-looking
silly
ridiculous
absurd
hideous
ghastly
ludicrous
beastly
second-rate
cataclysmic
third-rate
sucky
squalid
godforsaken
uninviting
chronic
unpromising
trashy
disagreeable
morbid
filthy
lame
mean
indigent
scungy
dreich
impoverished
destitute
sepulchral
displeasing
detestable
saturnine
pits
feeble
lonesome
sunless
tenebrific
elegiac
plutonian
elegiacal
tenebrous
Cimmerian
grotty
poverty-stricken
worrying
troubling
tragical
tormenting
unsettling
perturbing
hurtful
stressful
alarming
nasty
worrisome
afflicting
frightening
afflictive
troublous
agitating
nagging
confronting
nerve-racking
nail-biting
nerve-wracking
commiserative
unwelcome
grave
undesirable
harsh
unfavourable
UK
unfavorable
US
objectionable
unacceptable
abhorrent
forbidding
nightmarish
inauspicious
severe
irksome
foreboding
unpropitious
reprehensible
austere
distasteful
cruel
parlous
serious
negative
intolerable
unpalatable
macabre
desperate
monstrous
gruesome
despairing
loathsome
unspeakable
despondent
ominous
ignominious
troubled
downbeat
daunting
unpleasing
very bad
blameworthy
heinous
terrifying
dismaying
torturous
devastating
ruinous
scary
offensive
fearsome
adverse
dread
tough
intimidating
formidable
repugnant
redoubtable
fearful
outrageous
annoying
lurid
uncongenial
vexing
galling
terrific
dejected
demoralized
US
unwanted
repellent
ugly
gray
US
scandalous
ill-advised
spine-chilling
hair-raising
sickening
grisly
grey
UK
pessimistic
vile
unbearable
demoralised
UK
cynical
frustrating
unsavory
US
unpopular
aggravating
sinister
icky
unkind
irritating
obnoxious
gloom-ridden
anguished
unsavoury
UK
fatalistic
hard
undesired
blue
hostile
dangerous
defeatist
off-putting
dim
too bad
critical
dirty
inexcusable
exacting
bodeful
substandard
alarmist
destructive
chilly
extreme
Eeyorish
oppressing
cheap
cruddy
hairy
scurvy
sedate
inopportune
insufferable
heavy
punk
stinking
indefensible
disgusting
God-awful
wrong
repulsive
trying
taxing
opprobrious
unamusing
regretful
concerning
discreditable
unjustifiable
downhearted
hellish
woebegone
helpless
oppressed
yukky
sour
yucky
unattractive
unlovely
upset
pained
heartbroken
disheartened
downcast
wicked
repellant
resigned
weary
doomed
brokenhearted
unmitigable
sunk
exceptionable
inconsolable
sorrowing
suspicious
distrustful
doubting
straitened
dour
unenthusiastic
unfriendly
hard-pressed
inhospitable
in pain
shadowy
discommodious
tortured
harmful
in despair
perilous
full of hardship
doubtful
broken-hearted
up the creek
strained
ill-omened
treacherous
injurious
unwished for
chilling
unwished-for
pressing
precarious
long-suffering
grief-stricken
without hope
exigent
messy
jeopardous
apocalyptic
rocky
hateful
dreaded
vicious
fatal
inconvenient
petrifying
excessive
sordid
monumental
messed up
deadly
fateful
revolting
unforgivable
lethal
senseless
inglorious
preposterous
mortal
nauseating
unendurable
fraught
gross
meagre
UK
unpardonable
unconscionable
uncool
grody
unappealing
awkward
hellacious
nauseous
hurting
meager
US
deathly
iniquitous
insupportable
testing
untoward
unforgiving
disillusioning
irritable
bewildering
grubby
scummy
sneaking
despicable
ratty
scabby
paltry
terribly bad
maddening
criminal
mephitical
perplexing
revulsive
cataclysmal
disenchanting
extremely bad
infuriating
exasperating
overwhelming
rejected
dissatisfying
beyond contempt
desolating
pesky
excluded
murky
not wanted
ill-favored
US
ill-favoured
UK
inadmissible
nostalgic
anticlimactic
chill
useless
junky
rubbishy
darkening
wistful
duff
schlocky
gimcrack
unsound
poxy
cheesy
common
schlock
dissatisfactory
coarse
trumpery
sobbing
threatening
ill-boding
sleazy
pants
cheapjack
bum
disreputable
dishonourable
UK
impaired
amiss
defective
incompetent
dishonorable
US
ignoble
a load of pants
low-grade
unprincipled
lonely
lamenting
unworthy
cut-rate
low-rent
shady
cloudy
infamous
improper
bargain-basement
unenviable
el cheapo
degrading
infelicitous
disadvantageous
portentous
louche
humiliating
unsought
uninvited
notorious
unrespectable
culpable
shy
remiss
fierce
irretrievable
more ❯
“After hearing about her heartbreaking loss, I couldn't help but feel
rueful
for the young orphan.”
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