One entry found for contrite.

Entry Word: contrite
Function: adjective
Text: 1 feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done <being contrite is not enough to spare you an arrest if you're caught shoplifting>
Synonyms apologetic, penitent, regretful, remorseful, repentant, rueful, sorry
Related Words sad, grieving, mournful, sorrowful, woeful
Near Antonyms merciless, pitiless, ruthless
Antonyms impenitent, remorseless, unapologetic, unrepentant
2 suffering from or expressive of a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing <her contrite expression made them take her apology more seriously> -- see GUILTY 2