He was very apologetic for the mistake.
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Apologetic
//əˌpɑləˈd͡ʒɛtɪk//
Synonyms for "apologetic" (68 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (20)
Related words (34)
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesderived
9 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
32 translations across 17 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀπολογητικός adj (having the character of apology)
Catalan
2 entries- apologètic adj ((dated) defending by words)
- contrit adj (having the character of apology)
Czech
1 entries- omluvný adj (having the character of apology)
Finnish
1 entries- anteeksipyytävä adj (having the character of apology)
French
1 entries- apologétique adj (having the character of apology)
Galician
2 entries- contrito adj (having the character of apology)
- pesaroso adj (having the character of apology)
German
3 entries- apologetisch adj (having the character of apology)
- entschuldigend adj (having the character of apology)
- reumütig adj (having the character of apology)
Greek
1 entries- απολογητικός adj (having the character of apology)
Hungarian
4 entries- apologetikus adj ((dated) defending by words)
- bocsánatkérő adj (having the character of apology)
- mentegetőző adj (having the character of apology)
- védelmező adj ((dated) defending by words)
Icelandic
1 entries- afsakandi adj (having the character of apology)
Indonesian
2 entries- apologetis adj (having the character of apology)
- apologetis adj ((dated) defending by words)
Japanese
1 entries- 申し訳なさそうな adj (having the character of apology)
Norwegian
1 entries- unnskyldende adj (having the character of apology)
Polish
3 entries- apologetyczny adj ((dated) defending by words)
- przepraszający adj (having the character of apology)
- skruszony adj (having the character of apology)
Portuguese
1 entries- desculpante adj (having the character of apology)
Russian
1 entries- извиня́ющийся adj (having the character of apology)
Spanish
4 entries- apologético adj (having the character of apology)
- apologético adj ((dated) defending by words)
- arrepentido adj (having the character of apology)
- disculpante adj (having the character of apology)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
He was apologetic for being absent.
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Tom looks apologetic.
Source: tatoeba (2237200)
Tom was not apologetic.
Source: tatoeba (2546327)
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