She fidgeted, looking noticeably contrite.
Source: tatoeba (1829585)
Contrite
//kənˈtɹaɪt//
Synonyms for "contrite" (25 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (8)
Adjective(2 words)
Related words (12)
Adjective(3 words)
Adjective(3 words)
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
3 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
34 translations across 24 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- تَائِب adj (sincerely penitent)
- نَادِم adj (sincerely penitent)
Bulgarian
1 entries- разкаян adj (sincerely penitent)
Catalan
1 entries- contrit adj (sincerely penitent)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 后悔的 adj (sincerely penitent)
- 悔悟了的 adj (sincerely penitent)
Czech
1 entries- kajícný adj (sincerely penitent)
Dutch
3 entries- berouwvol adj (sincerely penitent)
- met berouw adj (sincerely penitent)
- rouwvol adj (sincerely penitent)
Finnish
2 entries- katuva adj (sincerely penitent)
- katuvainen adj (sincerely penitent)
French
1 entries- contrit adj (sincerely penitent)
German
2 entries- reuevoll adj (sincerely penitent)
- zerknirscht adj (sincerely penitent)
Greek
1 entries- συντετριμμένος adj (sincerely penitent)
Irish
1 entries- croíbhrúite adj (sincerely penitent)
Latin
1 entries- paenitens adj (sincerely penitent)
Māori
2 entries- ngākau iro adj (sincerely penitent)
- rīpenetā adj (sincerely penitent)
Portuguese
1 entries- contrito adj (sincerely penitent)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਪਛਤਾਵਾ ਗਰਸਤ adj (sincerely penitent)
Russian
1 entries- кающийся adj (sincerely penitent)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- skrušen adj (sincerely penitent)
Slovak
1 entries- kajúcny adj (sincerely penitent)
Spanish
2 entries- arrepentido adj (sincerely penitent)
- contrito adj (sincerely penitent)
Swedish
1 entries- ångerfull adj (sincerely penitent)
Tagalog
1 entries- nagagatik adj (sincerely penitent)
Turkish
2 entries- nadim adj (sincerely penitent)
- pişman adj (sincerely penitent)
Ukrainian
2 entries- розкаяний adj (sincerely penitent)
- той, що кається adj (sincerely penitent)
Welsh
1 entries- edifeiriol adj (sincerely penitent)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Tom looks contrite.
Source: tatoeba (2237216)
Tom looked so contrite that for a moment Mary nearly believed that he really was sorry for what he had said.
Source: tatoeba (2874634)
Tom was very contrite.
Source: tatoeba (4494552)
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