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adjective

Remorseful adj.

Full of remorse. "The full tide of remorseful passion had abated."

Compassionate; feeling tenderly. (Obs.)

Exciting pity; pitiable. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Remorseful'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Remorseful" Quotes from Famous Books

... with the maiden, awkwardly holding a skein of yarn for her to wind, when a messenger arrived in frantic haste bringing terrible news from the village. Miles Standish was dead, shot down by a poisoned arrow as he was leading his men to battle. Remorseful and yet glad that nothing now stood between him and the fulfillment of his hopes, John Alden turned to Priscilla and won her ready ...

— The Children's Longfellow - Told in Prose • Doris Hayman

... And Bill dropped his remorseful eye to the order in his hand. Like the handwriting of the order that lifted Mayhall like magic into power, the handwriting of this order, that dropped him like a stone—was ...

— Christmas Eve on Lonesome and Other Stories • John Fox, Jr.

... the remark. All the pleasure and the light went out of her face, and she became again Miss Abbott of Sawston—good, oh, most undoubtedly good, but most appallingly dull. Dull and remorseful: it is a deadly combination, and he strove against it in vain till he was interrupted by the ...

— Where Angels Fear to Tread • E. M. Forster

... only answer with a piteous, remorseful jealousy: "Why was it not I who saved it? why was ...

— "Seth" • Frances Hodgson Burnett

... heard some noise, and was running to the rescue,' Helena softly said. She was remorseful in her heart because she had not thought more deeply about poor Soame Rivers. She had been too much charged with gladness over the safety of her hero and the safety ...

— The Dictator • Justin McCarthy

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