Contrite
Contrite adjective - Feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done.
Mortified and contrite are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mortified" instead an adjective "Contrite".
Nearby Words: contrition, contritely
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- humble and contrite
- humble and mortified
- uncomfortable and contrite
- uncomfortable and mortified
- sorry and contrite
- sorry and mortified
- regretful and contrite
- regretful and mortified
- humbled and contrite
- humbled and mortified
- humiliated and contrite
- humiliated and mortified
- embarrassed and contrite
- embarrassed and mortified
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Mortified and Contrite. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/contrite/mortified
Contrite & Mortified. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/contrite/mortified>.
Mortified or Contrite. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/contrite/mortified.
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