remorse
English dictionary entry
Meanings
noun
- A feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning.
- Sorrow; pity; compassion.
verb
- To experience remorse or sorrow; to regret.
Pronunciation
rĭ-môrsʹ
/ɹɪˈmɔː(ɹ)s/
LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-remorse.wav
/ɹɪˈmɔɹs/
Word forms
remorse
remorses
remorce
remorsing
remorsed
Etymology
First attested circa 14th century as Middle English remors, from Old French remors, from Medieval Latin remorsus, from Latin remordeō (“to torment, vex”, literally “to bite back”), from re- + mordeō (“to bite”). More at remord.
Synonyms
agenbite
remorse
rue
ruth
compunction
contrition
guilt
penitence
repentance
self-reproach
sorriness
misery
sympathy
unhappiness
blueness
tristesse
mirthless
blues
crestfallenness
dejection
depression
despondency
distress
dolefulness
downheartedness
drearihead
forlornness
grief
heartsore
ill-being
infelicity
melancholia
melancholy
mishappiness
mourn
prosternation
regret
sadness
sorrow
sorrowfulness
tristfulness
undelight
woe
woefare
wretchedness
bowels
commiseration
compassion
empathy
fellow feeling
mercy
pity
tenderheartedness
loving-kindness
Related words
Derived words
Translations
Arabic: نَدَم
Arabic: وَخَز الضَّمِير
Armenian: զղջանք
Asturian: remordimientu
Belarusian: му́кі сумле́ння
Belarusian: дако́ры сумле́ння
Belarusian: згрызо́ты сумле́ння
Belarusian: ка́янне
Bengali: অনুশোচনা
Bulgarian: угризе́ния на съвестта́
Bulgarian: разка́яние
Catalan: remordiment
Chinese Mandarin: 悔恨
Chinese Mandarin: 內疚 /内疚
Chinese Mandarin: 良心的呵責 /良心的呵责
Czech: lítost
Czech: výčitky svědomí
Danish: skyldfølelse
Danish: anger
Danish: samvittighedsnag
Dutch: berouw
Dutch: gewetenswroeging
Esperanto: memriproĉo
Esperanto: rimorso
Esperanto: pento
Esperanto: bedaŭro
Estonian: südametunnistusepiinad
Finnish: katumus
Finnish: tunnonvaiva
Finnish: tunnontuska
French: remords
French: componction
Galician: remordemento
Galician: remorso
Georgian: სინანული
German: Reue
German: Gewissensbisse
Greek: τύψη
Greek: ενοχή
Hungarian: bűntudat
Hungarian: lelkifurdalás
Hungarian: lelkiismeret-furdalás
Interlingua: remorso
Irish: doilíos
Italian: rimorso
Japanese: 良心の呵責
Japanese: 悔悟
Khmer: វិប្បដិសារី
Korean: 죄의식
Korean: 자책감
Korean: 회오
Central Kurdish: پەشیمانی
Northern Kurdish: poşmanî
Latin: cōnscientia
Latvian: sirdsapziņas pārmetums
Lithuanian: sąžinės priekaištai
Macedonian: грижа на совеста
Macedonian: каење
Malayalam: പശ്ചാത്താപം
Malayalam: കുറ്റബോധം
Māori: kaniawheatanga
Māori: kaniawhea
Middle English: remors
Mongolian: гэмшил
Norwegian Bokmål: anger
Norwegian Bokmål: samvittighetsnag
Old English: hrēow
Plautdietsch: Schultjefeel
Polish: wyrzuty sumienia
Polish: skrucha
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.