Sorriness [noun]

Definition of Sorriness:

feeling bad for past action

Synonyms of Sorriness:

● Regret

● Penitence

● Sorrow

● Contrition

● Grief

● Guilt

● Remorse

● Conscience

● Compunction

● Rue

● Contriteness

● Attrition

● Ruth

● Penitency

● Self-reproach


Opposite/Antonyms of Sorriness:

● Satisfaction

● Happiness


Sentence/Example of Sorriness:

An odd feeling of sorriness for her step-mother came over Joan.

His voice was thick with sorriness, and he could hardly get the words out.

And her sorriness held her heart warm, in the glow of giving comfort.

Perhaps if I told him I knew how wicked I was, the sorriness would come later.

But she did not tell them of the sorriness of her situation: it might have brought reproach upon him.