as in sorry
feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done
was profusely apologetic after accidentally breaking a treasured plate
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Recent Examples of apologetic
Your tone should be matter-of-fact and confident, not apologetic.
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Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Responding to questions from defense lawyer Teny Geragos, Jane agreed that Combs became more apologetic and attentive, less egotistical and cold.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 13 June 2025
Parts read like a narrative, other parts sound like a letter to the husband, sometimes explanatory, sometimes apologetic, sometimes pining.
—The Know, Denver Post, 18 May 2025
Unlike the two Yankees fans, the Astros fan appeared immediately apologetic following the catch, even seeming to offer the ball back to Trout.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
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Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Responding to questions from defense lawyer Teny Geragos, Jane agreed that Combs became more apologetic and attentive, less egotistical and cold.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 13 June 2025
Parts read like a narrative, other parts sound like a letter to the husband, sometimes explanatory, sometimes apologetic, sometimes pining.
—The Know, Denver Post, 18 May 2025
Unlike the two Yankees fans, the Astros fan appeared immediately apologetic following the catch, even seeming to offer the ball back to Trout.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apologetic
Adjective
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At the end of the day, Ohtani was pitching into the fourth inning for the first time since his second Tommy John surgery, so the Dodgers were likely playing it safe rather than sorry.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 July 2025
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Screenwriter Busch, who, gay and in his 30s, played the 16-year-old teenage girl Gidget — sorry, Chicklet — in his original off-Broadway stage show here plays the detective-in-drag investigating the murders.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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Some of my relatives are gluten free, a friend is allergic to bacon, and a co-worker (who shall go unnamed but should be ashamed) loathes mayonnaise.—
Sarah Schutte,
National Review,
27 July 2025
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Adopt don't shop, anyone breeding dogs like this should be ashamed of themselves.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 July 2025
Adjective
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Officers said Neal was remorseful during interviews.—
Silas Morgan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 July 2025
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Central to his sentencing was whether Santos truly felt remorseful.—
Mychael Schnell,
The Hill,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Kim’s regretful aria in Act 1 — suspecting his own brother of his father’s murder, Artaserse has mistakenly ordered him to be executed — was a turning point.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2025
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Even really successful cast members are a little regretful or self-deprecating about it, or feel anxious even talking about it.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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How did so many Germans become contrite about the Nazi past?—
Gary J. Bass,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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Van Buren returns shortly with a newly contrite attitude, having come around to his library’s merits and read up on Toth’s prior designs in Hungary.—
Anthony Paletta,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Over these last weeks, however, I have been nudged into a repentant apology by his profound take on our political crisis and a sincere and accurate Christian analysis of the problems and deliberate practical steps the individual Christian citizen can take during this holy season.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2025
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Moore gives one of her quietest performances as repentant cowboy Kiefer’s former lover, Mary Alice.—
Eddie Mouradian,
Vulture,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Apologetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apologetic. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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