apologetic
adjective17 collocationsAvg. frequency: 7.2
To be extremely sorry.
To be very sorry.
Truly and sincerely sorry.
Slightly sorry.
A little bit sorry.
Truly and genuinely sorry.
Apologizing a lot or in an exaggerated way.
To be quite sorry.
Seeming nearly sorry, but not completely.
Apologetic to an appropriate degree for the situation.
Seeming apologetic in an unclear or uncertain way.
Used to describe a state of being sorry for something.
Used to describe sounding sorry through tone of voice.
Used to describe appearing sorry through facial expression or body language.
Used to describe an internal feeling of being sorry.
Used to specify the reason for the apology (often with a noun or noun phrase).
Used to specify the reason for the apology (often with a gerund -ing verb).