contrite

contrite is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Thoroughly bruised or broken. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Thoroughly bruised or broken.
2. adjective. Broken down with grief and penitence; deeply sorrowful for sin because it is displeasing to God; humbly and thoroughly penitent.
3. noun. A contrite person.
4. verb. In a contrite manner.
5. adjective. feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

   Synonyms: remorseful, rueful, ruthful

Synonyms

remorseful, rueful, ruthful

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in contrite:

cornetti, tetronic

Common word forms

contritely, contriteness

Words from these letters

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