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Regretful vs Remorseful - What's the difference?

regretful | remorseful | Synonyms |

Remorseful is a synonym of regretful.



As adjectives the difference between regretful and remorseful

is that regretful is full of feelings of regret, indulging in regrets while remorseful is feeling or filled with remorse.

regretful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Full of feelings of regret, indulging in regrets.
  • Sorrowful about what has been lost or done.

    • Synonyms

    * (full of regret) repining, rueful, sorrowful

    Derived terms

    * regretfully * regretfulness * unregretful

    References

    * *

    remorseful

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a person) Feeling or filled with remorse.
    • He was so remorseful that he voluntarily paid full restitution.
  • Expressing or caused by remorse.
    • There was a remorseful look on her face.

    Synonyms

    * penitent * apologetic * regretful *

    Antonyms

    * unremorseful * unrepentant

    Related terms

    * remorse * remorsefully * remorsefulness

    References

    * * * " remorseful" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press 2007. * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989. * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996.