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(con-trite) 2 syllables

Definition

adjective. feeling or showing regret for wrongdoing.

Example Sentence

John felt very contrite for lying.

More Example Sentences

He was contrite for his unkind words.

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Rhymes

  • beit
  • bight
  • bite
  • blight
  • bright
  • brite
  • byte
  • cite
  • clyte
  • dwight
  • feit
  • fight
  • fite
  • flight
  • fright
  • height
  • heit
  • hiett
  • hight
  • hite
  • kight
  • kite
  • knight
  • kyte
  • light
  • lite
  • might
  • mite
  • night
  • nite
  • plight
  • quite
  • reit
  • right
  • rite
  • scheidt
  • sight
  • site
  • sleight
  • slight
  • smite
  • spight
  • spite
  • sprite
  • streit
  • strite
  • tight
  • trite
  • twite
  • white
  • whyte
  • wight
  • wright
  • write
  • zeit

  • alight
  • allright
  • alright
  • aright
  • clevite
  • contrite
  • delight
  • despite
  • dunite
  • ebright
  • enright
  • enwright
  • excite
  • forthright
  • ignite
  • incite
  • indict
  • indite
  • invite
  • lafite
  • macknight
  • mccright
  • mcknight
  • mcright
  • mcwhite
  • mcwright
  • nonwhite
  • onsite
  • outright
  • polite
  • recite
  • rewrite
  • tonight
  • tonite
  • upright
  • uptight

  • de-excite
  • disinvite
  • overnight
  • overnite
  • overwrite
  • reignite
  • reinvite
  • reunite
  • riunite
  • satterwhite
  • semi-height

  • overexcite
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