Remorse

Noun

 * 1) A feeling of regret or sadness for doing wrong or sinning.

Adjectives for Remorse
useless; sisterly; gnawing; fictitious; bitter; unconfessed; light; violent; vile; abrupt; unceasing; dull; poignant.

Verbs for Remorse
burden with—; confess—; depress by— experience—; incite—; overcome with— overwhelm with—; palliate—; relieve— shake with—; shroud in—; smite with— sober by—; suffer—; tinge with—; wrap in—; —colors; —devours; —humbles; — maddens; —overwhelms; —racks; —shatters; —subdues; —stirs; —surges within;

Synonyms of Remorse

 * agenbite, compunction, contrition, penitence, repentance, self-reproach

Derived terms of Remorse

 * buyer's remorse

Related terms of Remorse

 * remorseful
 * remorsefully


 * remorseless
 * remorselessly

Hypernyms of Remorse

 * regret, sadness

Thesaurus
anxiety, apologies, attrition, ayenbite of inwit, bitterness, compunction, contriteness, contrition, embarrassment, grief, guilt, guilty conscience, humiliation, mortification, pangs of conscience, penance, penitence, penitently, regret, regretfulness, regrets, regretting, remorse of conscience, remorsefulness, repentance, repining, rue, ruefulness, self-reproach, shame, shamefacedness, shamefastness, shamefulness, sorriness, sorrow, wistfulness, woe, apology

Etymology of Remorse
First attested circa 14th century, from Old French remors, from Middle Latin remorsum, from Latin remordere "to torment, vex," literally "to bite back," from re- + mordere, "to bite."

Translations of Remorse

 * Arabic: ندم, وخز الضمير
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 悔恨,, ,  良心的呵責,  良心的呵责
 * Czech:
 * Danish: skyldfølelse,
 * Finnish: katumus, tunnonvaiva
 * French:, componction


 * German:, Gewissensbisse
 * Japanese: 良心の呵責, 悔悟
 * Latin:
 * Norwegian:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: угрызения совести, ,
 * Spanish:, compunción