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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | regretting, remorseful |
| Synonyms: | abashed, apologetic, bashful, blushing, chagrined, compunctious, conscience-stricken, contrite, crestfallen, debased, demeaned, discomfited, disconcerted, distraught, distressed, embarrassed, flustered, guilty, hesitant, humble, humbled, humiliated, meek, mortified, muddled, penitent, regretful, reluctant, repentant, shamed, shamefaced, sheepish, shy, sorry, stammering, stuttering, submissive |
| Antonyms: | bold, defiant, immodest, not sorry, shameless, unregretful, unremorseful, unself-conscious |
| Main Entry: | hangdog |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shamefaced |
| Synonyms: | ashamed, browbeaten, conscience-stricken, cowering, defeated, downcast, guilty, intimidated, sheepish, wretched |
| Main Entry: | regretful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sad, sorry |
| Synonyms: | apologetic, ashamed, attritional, compunctious, contrite, disappointed, mournful, penitent, remorseful, repentant, rueful, sorrowful |
| Notes: | a person is regretful; a situation may be regrettable |
| Antonyms: | content, happy, not guilty, satisfied |
| Main Entry: | rueful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | regretful |
| Synonyms: | apologetic, ashamed, deplorable, lamentable, mournful, remorseful, repentant, sad, sorrowful, sorry |
| Main Entry: | sheepish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shy, embarrassed |
| Synonyms: | abashed, ashamed, chagrined, diffident, docile, foolish, guilty, mortified, retiring, self-conscious, shamefaced, silly, tame, timid, timorous, uncomfortable |
| Antonyms: | aggressive, bold, unashamed, unembarrassed |
| Main Entry: | blushing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | turning red |
| Synonyms: | ashamed, bashful, blushful, embarrassed, flushed, flushing, humiliated, red-faced, reddening |
| Antonyms: | arrogant, bold, immodest |
| Main Entry: | embarrassed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in social difficulties |
| Synonyms: | abashed, ashamed, disconcerted, flustered |
| Main Entry: | humiliated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | humbled |
| Synonyms: | abashed, ashamed, disgraced, embarrassed, mortified |
| Main Entry: | shamed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disgraced |
| Synonyms: | abashed, ashamed, chagrined, embarrassed, guilty, humiliated, mortified, shamefaced |
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