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Best answers for Contrite – Crossword Clue


Answer: apologetic


Clue Length Answer
Contrite5 letterssorry
  1. Definition: 1. without merit; "a sorry horse"; "a sorry excuse"; "a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick"; "the car was a no-good piece of junk"

Contrite5 lettersruing
  1. Definition: 1. feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about

Contrite6 lettersrueful
  1. Definition: 1. feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

Contrite7 letterstouched
  1. Definition: 1. have an effect upon;

Contrite7 lettersashamed
  1. Definition: 1. feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse; "are you ashamed for having lied?"; "felt ashamed of my torn coat"

Contrite7 letterswailing
  1. Definition: 1. loud cries made while weeping

Contrite8 letterssoftened
  1. Definition: 1. toned down

Contrite8 letterssheepish
  1. Definition: 1. showing a sense of shame

Contrite8 lettersterrible
  1. Definition: 1. causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"

Contrite8 letterspenitent
  1. Definition: 1. feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds

Contrite9 lettersregretful
  1. Definition: 1. feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone; "felt regretful over his vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made"; "he felt bad about breaking the vase"

Contrite9 lettersrepentant
  1. Definition: 1. feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds

Contrite10 lettersremorseful
  1. Definition: 1. feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

Contrite10 lettersapologetic
  1. Definition: 1. offering or expressing apology; "an apologetic note"; "an apologetic manner"


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