contrite
(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.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Hear It! Say It! Write It!
contrite
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