Remorse vs Remorseful - What's the difference?
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A feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning.
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* 1897 , ,"
(obsolete) Sorrow; pity; compassion.
* 1597 , , King John , act 4, sc. 3,
(of a person) Feeling or filled with remorse.
Expressing or caused by remorse.
Remorseful is a related term of remorse.
As a noun remorse
is a feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning.As an adjective remorseful is
feeling or filled with remorse.remorse
English
(wikipedia remorse)Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Noun
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- Failure, disgrace, poverty, sorrow, despair, suffering, tears even, the broken words that come from lips in pain, remorse that makes one walk on thorns, conscience that condemns . . . —all these were things of which I was afraid.
- This is the bloodiest shame,
- The wildest savagery, the vilest stroke,
- That ever wall-eyed wrath or staring rage
- Presented to the tears of soft remorse .
Synonyms
* (regret or sadness for doing wrong) agenbite, compunction, contrition, penitence, repentance, self-reproach * See alsoDerived terms
(Terms derived from "remorse") * buyer's remorse * remorselessHypernyms
* regret, sadnessSee also
* apologyremorseful
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He was so remorseful that he voluntarily paid full restitution.
- There was a remorseful look on her face.
Synonyms
* penitent * apologetic * regretful *Antonyms
* unremorseful * unrepentantReferences
* * * "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.