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contrite
adjective as in regretful
Example Sentences
In the second season, which is on right now, I'm a little more contrite.
Former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez was anything but contrite after being sentenced to 11 years in prison on federal corruption charges Wednesday.
Within the week, the president has morphed from being contrite and apologetic, hoping to avoid impeachment, to brazenly defiant, vowing to fight on as the net closed in on him.
But in the recent hearings for her appeal against the sentence she has been more contrite.
Zegler's contrite posts were a far cry from her white-hot rage following the election of Trump.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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